The California Lumber Merchant - December 1952

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In a few days the Christian world will celebrate the season called Christmas; a combined holy-day and holiday.

rt marks the anniver"* It ln. otr.n of Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion.

The history of this O"rU."" l"rp"rrr., and His worldshaking story, is found ""Jt f a book called the Bible.

\Me have no record of Him; no authority for believing that there ever was such a person, except this Bibl'e. Profane history makes no mention ofHis ever existing.

The amazing democrac*, r.rrrt"" is proven by Christian acceptance of the Bible as the textbook ofTruth; for this book is clivided into two parts; the first part is the history of the Jewish race; the second is the history of a Jewish car'enter'

No wonder Hitler, and Marx, and Stalin and all their kind hate the Bible and the Christian religion.

According to that great writer, Doctor Luke of Antioch, Jesus was born in a stable, and cradled in a manger, thus giving us that beautiful story of the Bethlehem Babe, and of Christmas.

Another interesting anfrrg ,fr", I-uke tells us in his book in the New Testament is that it was taxes that brought this about. Right now when taxes play so prominent a part in the world and in al1 our lives, the part that taxes played in the Christmas event is doubly interesting.

Luke says in the "."o,rJ"rrlntl, or r,i" Book that Caesar Augustus, the then Roman Emperor, issued a decree that all the world should be taxed, and ordered every man to proceed to his home city and render himself for taxation.

Joseph and Mary ri.,ed il.rL .l-" of Nazareth in Galilee, where Jcseph plied his trade as a carpenter; but his home

city was Bethlehem, for he was of the House of David. So he took Mary and started for Bethlehem, obeying the order of the emperor. ,F * *

Mary was heavy with child, and when they arrived in Bethlehem they found the pl'ace so crowded, probably with returning taxpayers like themselves, that there was no room for them in the local inn.

"And so it was," *r" tj"o" "L"t *hil. they were there the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Himin a manger." So, you see, it was taxes that caused that Babe whom the world worships, to be born in a stabl'e, and cradled in a manger, far from His parent's home in Nazareth.

The observance of .n.:";";sary of the birth of that Babe became the world's greatest hollday. In the early days it was observed quietly, reverently, religiously. An old song went:

"Where are now the merry parties, I remember long ago, Gathered round the Christmas fires, Brightened by their ruddy glow."

But as time passed. ""1 ,i. lorra took on its present modern perspective of just about everything, Christmas changed almost completely from an observance standpoint, following the greatly altered habits of humanity. There still remain, of course, many thoughtful people who celebrate the day just as old fashioned people used to.

Christmas has become : ":"r:" enjoyed most by three classes of people: first, children; second, their loved ones; third, cocktail party devotees. To entirely too many it has become a time for over-spending, over-eating, over-drinking, and over-doing in many ways.

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To little children Christmas remains the same sort of wonderful event that it has always been, and which Providence no doubt intended it to be, bringing fine joy to their hearts and minds, and spreading good will and good cheer. Their loved ones enjoy that better sort of Christmas with them and through *n"*. * * *

But to millions and millions of grown-ups in this country, Christmas has taken on a character that has little in common withthat Babe who was born in a manger and had no home in which tolavhis head. It seems far re-

moved from the manner in which the holy day was observed long ago.

No, Christmas is not what it used to be, or what it started out to be. The coming Christmas will be notable in a lot of ways. It may, indeed, be a record-breaking Christmas. ft would be safe to make the following predictions:

More lives will be lost on the highways because of drunk driving than ever before; more money will be squandered than on any such previous occasion; and this in a world where there are more hungry and starving people than ever before in human history; actually hundreds of millions of them.

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' In countless churches voices will rise singing "Peace on earth, goodwill to men." While on the, mountain slopes of Korea fine American boys will be pouring out their blood

Boy Forte loins Wcrgner Mcrchinery

Roy Forte, well-known mac[rinery broker of Los Angeles, has joined the sales force of the Wagner Machinery Co., 1228 Rio Vista Ave., Los Angeles, and will be representing this fine old company to his many friends and customers in this area. The Wagner Machinery Company carries both new and used machinery. The phone number is .ANgelus 1-1 191.

Paul Penberthy, Jr., Penberthy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, visited the mills around Yreka early in November. He was gone about ten days.

doing battl'e against barbarians who know not Christmas, and care nothing for the *"ntl",;

Here in America Christmas will find more dollars jingling in pockets than ever before; and will likewise find more crime and more corruption running rampant than at any previous time in our history; and more haters of free governments and of human liberty threatening from without and boring from within than ever before; all seeking our destruction

Yes, it's a pretty gloomy world that Christmas is coming to on December 25th; but, as some philosopher said, it's the only one we've got, so we'll have to do the best we can with it. But if we can just arrange to look at it through the wide and thrilled eyes of some youngster that we love, who knows? We may get quite a kick out of it.

Jesse C. Hexberg, Hexberg Lumber Company, Los Angeles, with his wife and children, returned October 27 from a tour of Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon, Phoenix and Las Vegas. The vacation was reported a huge success, with lots of color films taken of the manv fine views.

The Hessian soldiers fighting in the American Revolution introduced the custom of lighting and decorating the Christmas tree to the United States, but the first record of acceptance of the custom dates from 1834 in Philadelphia.

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Controlled Kiln-Drying . . .the Kry to Lasting Satisfaction

Wheneve" a construction job is started, the owner will be greatly comforted by positive answers to these questions: Will the lumber hold its size and shape after nailing? Win it have maximum strength, hardness, and stiffness? Willit age handsomely, and not develop stains? Will it take and hold paint?

These ale all important factors, if the owner is to enjoy lasting satisfaction from his building. And each one of these factors is closely related to the drying of lumber. Consequently, scientific drying is a controlled step in the manufactule of Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lttrnber.

AtWeyerhaeuser mills lumber is dded in large, ultra-modern kilns. This method, under accurate control, saves much time, and results in proper and uniform dryness. It also makes possible the lower moisture coirtent essential for nrany uses of hrmber.

Lurrrber as cut from the log contains a great deal of native moisture. When this is removed the wood cells shrink. Weyerhaeuser controls this shrinkage process through precise kibn seasoning. Weyerhaeuser kiln-drying is regulated with great care and technical skill in

order to resist checking, honeycombing, warping and twisting. thus providing, through mearu of this important phase of manufacture, lumber products of greater utility.

Look for the Weyerhaeruer 4-Square brand name to be certain that properly seasoned lumber is used in the construction of your building.

Om oi o so'fu 4 advorristmonb dteaiag rhc inpqla, tarc,rt cortributilg to tho prodvctiut d good brtor.

To control lhe rofc of drying, mo'rrturc is octuolly odded to oir inridc thcrc modcrn kilng

Somple pieces of wood in kilnr orc corefully weighed to check moi3tura confcnt

Cooling shed oi dischorge end of kiln bottcry. lumber is held here io equoliza of normol uge i€mperofurea

The Everell, Worhington Mill. At mills locoied on fhc Wa:t Coorl ond Inlqnd Empire, Weycrhoeuser 4-Squore Lumber is produced in o rongc of produclr from Douglor Fir, ldoho White Pine, Ponderoso Pine, Wcrt Coost Hcmlock, Wcrtcm Red Cedor ond rcloted rpeciee

Resolutions Adopted by Directors of NLMA at Annual Meeting

Washington, November l4-Spokesmen for the nation's lumbermen demanded today that the government keep hands ofi private timber management and build more roads to speed the harvesting of over-aged and damaged federal timber.

These were among the highlights of resolutions adopted by Directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Associatiorr to climax their 1952 annual meeting in Washington, D. C.

The lumber leaders denounced a recent proposal of the President's Materials Policy Commission which called for federal-state controls on private timber cutting. NLMA insisted that any public regulation of private timber cutting should be left entirely to the states.

The association's 54-man board of directors also urged that the government spend $30,000,000 annually over the next five years for construction of new timber access roads in federal forests. This amount, approximately triple present outlays, was recommended to open up for harvest virgin starnds of federal timber which have been deteriorating in recent years.

The lumber spokesmen added that the government should finance timber road construction only where private building is not feasible and that each project should be subject to a public hearing.

The NLMA directors attacked several recommendations of the President's Materials Policy Commission, headed by CBS Board Chairman William Paley, including its proposal for a system of federal forest loans and insurance.

The industry representatives asserted that forest loans

Six Forest Areas in So. California Taken into Tree Farm Program

California's Southland is one of the latest newcomers into the American Tree Farm System. Six forest properties totaling 10,840 acres were.recently approved for certification by the state forest practice committee of the Western Pine Assn. The new Tree Farms are listed under "New Tree Farmers."

The new batch brings the California Tree Farm total to Il7 units, 1,483,343 acres, in the Western Pine area, making California first in number of units and first in acreage among the 12 states of the region. In addition, California, which is now second in the nation in lumber production, ha.s 110,112 acres of Tree Farms certified under the California Redwood Assn. banner.

Situated in the highlands east and south of Los Angeles,

and insurance should be handled exclusively by private banks and insurance firms. (The Paley Commission proposals, made public a few months ago, are being considered by various federal agencies as the basis for possible legislation when Congress reconvenes).

Other NLMA resolutions, suggested by the association's Forest Conservation Committee:

1. Recommended that state forestry departments levy a service charge (based on production) for technical assistance furnished private forest operators. In this connection, NLMA rejected a Paley Commission proposal that the Agriculture Department eventu.ally be authorized to increase its staff for this work to 2,000 field men and that the cost be borne equally by federal and state governments.

2. Reconrmended that the forest management standards for federal lands be raised to the level maintained on intensively-managed private lands.

3. Called on federal, state and private interests to step up their forest insect and disease research, and to irnprove their detection and control facilities.

4. Suggested that a national forest research advisory council be established to bolster the forest research programs of all federal, state and private agencies. NLMA opposed a Paley Commission proposal that the Agriculture Department's forest research funds be doubled, and insisted that the agency streamline these activities instead.

5. Proposed that state forestry departments encourage private operators to plant more seedlings onidle lands. NI MA insisted, however, that the states should boost their charges fol seedlings to the extent that state and federal subsidies could be eliminated wherever state laws permit.

6. Demanded that the matter of property taxation and special forest tax laws be left entirely to the states.

some of the new Tree Farms include intensively used recreational areas such as Arrowhead and Big Bear Lakes. Southern California's pine forests cover about 150,000 acres with a total sawtimber stand of about one billion feet. Much of this is being heavily raided by beetles as a result of natural factors combined with concentrated recreational use. The tree farmers are well along on programs to check beetle inroads by harvesting, rather than trying to preserve, over-mature pines; then growing new trees and at a1l times preserving the park-like appearance of the forests. Eight small sawmills, cutting a totalof less than 5,000,000 feet a year, operate in the region largely on "bug tree.s," and much of the lumber is used rightin the recreational area for summer home construction. Timber grows to substantial size. Jeffrey pines six feet in diameter and with 8,000 board feet volume are not uncommon. Coulter pine, sugar pine, incense cedar, white fir, bigcone spruce, black oak, alder and several other species thrive in the region.

Working closely with the Southland tree farmers is the Riverside district staff of the State Division of Forestry. One of the division's recent cooperative aids in the area was a widely distributed circular to acquaint thousands of summer home owners with facts of the beetle problem and instruct them how they can best help in control efforts.

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lumber Demand Tied To Light

Construction Industry

H.V.

President

Douglas fir lumber producers have had another big production year which may equal the record output of 1951. This lumber demand has been tied in closely with the high volurne of activity in the light construction field.

It is'axiomatic that we have always had a healthy industry when the light construction business was rolling along in high gear. By the same token, bad times always follow any severe drop in construction.

Again during 1952 we have witnessed the construction of close to 1,200,000 new homes. We have seen new schools built by the hundreds. Industrial expansion has maintained a high level. Commercial building has kept pace with new home construction as new subdivisions have been built. Remodeling of existing homes, modernization of older homes and business structures has reached a substantial volume.

All this activity has meant high demand for Douglas fir lumber, the nation's premier construction material. It has kept large and small mills at near peak production throughout the year.

For the first time in several years, this region suffered no severe freight car shortage of long duration, so we were able to filI our commitments pretty well on schedule. We have had a very favorable summer and fall from a weather standpoint. Logs have been plentiful, even though we had a shut dolvn late in the fall because of critically dry forests.

It looks now as though we will produce something like 10,200,000,000 board feet of lumber in 1952. This will be one of our biggest years.

We have made excellent progress this year in improvement of our physical plants and modernization of older mills'to make them more efficient and to enable us to produce better lumber to cur customers requirements. During this year we have maintained our impressive progress in better forest management, adding many thousands of acres to certified tree farms.

What will happen in 1953? That is a question uppermost in the minds of lumber manufacturers, wholesalers, retaiiers, builders and home purchasers.

We are conservatively optimistic about the year just ahead. We believe the same general conditions which influenced the lumber business this year still apply. We see no let-up in the

demand for new houses. We should again top 1,000,000 new homes in 1953. That means commercial construction will maintain a high plane of activity, for new communities, and new subdivisions require new service industries and new service structures.

It will take several years to catch up with the demand for new schools, for the war baby crop is just coming of school age. Industrial plant expansion should be substantial.

The farm market promises a fertile field for lumber use, for farmers are prosperous, and there isa continuing need

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Simpson, Executive \ilest Coast Lumbermen's Vice

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Lumber rolled out ol northwest millg ct neqr record pecks durinq 1951.

for improvement, maintenance and new construction to keep the farm plant competitive.

Political considerations have very strongly influenced our national economy since World War II, a fact evident to all of us. Controls have been used freely since the outbreak of the Korean War to retard housing. When housing lagged, controls were relaxed. It is apparent that Congress has recognized the importance of a prosperous light construction industry if national prosperity is to be maintained; in the last session Congress instructed the Federal Reserve Bank to relax credit restrictions whenever new housing starts fall below an annual rate of 1,200,000 in any quarter.

There is no evidence that we can expect an economy free of controls for the foreseeable future, even with a change in administration in Washington. Look for a vitamih pill for the light construction business when it falters. It follows if the light construction industry can be maintained ata high level of volume, the lumber industry u'ill keep healthy.

We think the facts point to a continuing need for more new homes in the nation. This is a growing, expanding nation, with population on the up curve. One official of the National Association of Home Builders says we will be building 2,000,000 new homes a year by 1970. Certainly our population growth figures indicate a need for housing of all kinds.

We believe forecasts from some experts that housing starts will fall below 1,000,000 in 1953 are too pessimistic. These experts have continually underestimated housing starts during the past half a dozen years. There is no evidence that they are any more accurate this time.

Probably one of the most encouraging and reassuring de-

velopments in our region has been the determined efforts of many of our landowners to put their forest house in order for the long pull. Trees are a crop up here. Timber owners have spent millions of dollars this year in a continuing prograrn of better forest practices. This money has been spent in additional miles of logging and fire network. It has been spent in new forest lookouts, in new tank trucks and fire equipment, in new water holes and storage tanks, in other fire tools. Other money has been spent in thinning experiments in young, thick, fast growing second growth stands.

Because the markets have been good forall sorts of logs, there has l-.een a substantial increase in re-logging on many thousands of acres of freshly harvested forest land. Some firms have sent re-logging crews over the land as many as four times. On each trip these small crews with light equipment pick up additional values. Short logs, broken and marginal logs and small logs are salvaged in these re-logging ventures. Result is that at least an additional twenty-five per cent more volume is being brought in from every acre of forest land than was possible a few years ago.

This is an important conservation move. It means more payrolls and more logs from every acre. It means leaving our logged land in much better condition to reforest quickly. It means, also, taking out much of the heavy fuel which could feed forest and slash fires and do damage to values in the land.

Another great forward step up here has been the revolution in raw material supply for the region's kraft paper mills. At least half of the wood supply used by these .mills comes from leftovers at sawmills and plywood plants. Chippers have been

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Power scwg are pdrl ol mechcnical improvements in the logging operctions.

A rrew pot oI gold lor huagry }rqlt rrills.

The Ralph L. $mith Lumber Co.

has Consolidated'its Remanufacturing Facilities AT ANDER,SON. CALIFORNIA

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MOUt DINGS O INTERIOR TRIMS VENETIAN BLINDS

New Mattison Moulders-Turner Rip & Resaws-Jones Trim Tables -Years of Experience have given us the "know how" in moulding production.

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All of the Modern Machinery from Pendosa Pine Co. of Elgin, Oregon and several of the key personnel have been moved to Anderson, assuring the same high quality and precision manufacturing.

GLUED PANETS ond CUT STOCK

Gillespie Electronic--Plycor & Clamp Carrier Glueing Equipment makes it possible to furnish unexcelled panels-Specializtng in Furnifrus pa1f5-Drawing Boards--Luggage-etc. Shaping to pattern on Onsrud Automatic Shaper and sanding to a smooth finish on Yates Sander. Turning lathe work performed on Mattison \7ood Lathe.

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1952 Year 0f Unexpectedly Good Business

For Western Pine Industry

By Robert O Leonurd \il/estern Pine Association

The year 1952, from the best of evidence availdble two months before it closed, will be recorded as a year of unexpectedlv good business for mills of the Western Pine region.

In all three quarters for which figures are available, shipments exceeded expectations.

The year began with forecasts that the initial quarter would fall N per cent under the record first quarter of 1951. fnstead, it wound up only four per cent behind. The total was 1368 million board feet of Western Pines and Associated Woods.

Predictions for the second quarter indicated a drop of 10 per cent under the year before but performance of 1783 million feet fell only eight per cent.

In the third quarter, expectations indicated a shipment total five per cent off 1951 but the period ended with a figure of 2015 million feet, nine per cent ahead of last year.

Cumulatively, shipments for the first three quarters of 1952 were one per cent ahead of 1951 and indications are

Empire Westem Pine mills in 1953, that fourth quarter business will match that of a year ago and bring a total for the year approximately equal to the 1951 figure of 6891 million feet, wl-rich rvas the second biggest year in pine region history.

Production, meanwhile, ran consistently behind 1951 until the third quarter when it went slightly over the third period of the year before. At the end of nine months, total output was 6.5 per cent off from 1951. The forecast is for a 1952 production total approximately five per cent under the 7260 milllon foot mark of 1951.

The crystal ball for 1953 is clouded. Although it is already evident that 1952 u.ill again be a million-start year in home construction, prospects for 1953 are not quite so rosy. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts construction of betvveen 900,000 and 1,000,000 units. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce's Construction Department says 1953 hor.ne starts "seem not likely to fall below 900,000 family units."

Because i:he 7952 building season was fairly well wrapped up in most sections of the country when it was announced,

Precisely manufcrctured, recrdily qvcilqble Engrlemtrnn Spruce shecrthing wcs ueed lor these gicni power ducls lor the new Albeni Fclls dcrm now under conslruction north ol Spokcne, Wash. Increcsed production ol Englemonn Spruce will be c lecture ol Inlcnd

the effect of the recent mortgage credit relaxation cannot now be accurately assessed and perhaps will not be d,etermined until next year's home buying period is underway. If new homes move well in early season it seems likely that the million mark will a$ain be surpassed.

While home construction remains the primary market for producers of the Western Pines and Associated Woods, other markets for structural items, box shook and material for further manufacture-are also important but less subject to informed forecast because they are apt to be more quickly influenced by current events of both international and domestic description. These in turn are even more unpredictable than normally in view of the scheduied change in administration.

One devclopment in Western Pine industry affairs, however, will probably exercise considerable influence on industry production in some areas. Estimates indicate that nearly two billion feet of Engelmann Spruce in the forests of tr{ontana and northern Idaho are infested with the spruce bark beetle follvhich there is no known effective control measure other than immediate harvest of the trees.

Termed a "disaster" by P. D. Hanson, regional forester in the Montana-Idaho area, the infestation is resulting in greatly accelerated logging of Engelmann Spruce throughout the blighted section. One operator is reportedly harvesting 800,000 board feet daily.

Net result to the industry in that area next year r,vill be a probable surfeit of Engelmann Spruce production and reduced output of Ponderosa Pine, Idaho White Pine and the Associated Woods of White Fir, Douglas Fir and Larch native to the Inland Empire growing region.

In lumber form, Engelmann Spruce is nearly as versatile as the Western Pines, and unique in several respects. ft is one of the lightest of commercial softwoods, both in color and weight. Weighing only 23 pounds per cubic foot at 12 per cent moisture content, it constitutes an easily handled. easily rn'orkable material for residential construction purposes. It is widely used for sheathing, subflooring and finds ready use for studding, joists and planking. With a uniform texture, even grain and good dimensional stability, the wood makes excellent siding that is easily nailed without splitting and extremely paintable without spe,cial preparatiorr.

Announces Two New Lift Trucks

Two completely new fork lift truck models have just been released to industry, according to a recent announcement of the Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon; Peoria and Danville, Illinois. They are an S,000-pound capacity truck and a 6,000-pound capacity mode!. Both are gasolineengine powered and mounted on pneumatic tires. Both in design and mechanical features, the trucks are refinements of the very latest in lift truck research and engineering.

The two new trucks are now being shown by all authorized Hyster dealers in the United States and Canada. Descriptive literature can be obtained at any Hyster dealer or bywriting to Hyster Company, 2W2 N.E. Clackamas St., Portland 8, Oregon.

In color. Engelmann Spruce is almost dead white and, in common grades, contains typically small knots of a distinctive pale red shade. The common grades are in great demand fo;' paneling. Select grades of Engelmann have enjoyed a recent rise in popularity among ,softwood furniture manuiacturers, not only because of the wood's ready workabilit-y but also because of its silky machined surfaces and excellent appearance when stained or painted.

Engelmann Spruce is also free from pitch, odor and taste and is widely used for containers for butter, lard, meat, fish, eggs, bakery goods and other foodstuffs. Its light weight results in shipping economies.

Carefullv selected clear stock of Engelmann Spruce has been successfully used in airplane construction, musical instruments. professional and scientific instruments and in other highlv exacting uses. Considerable footage is sold annually for fencing. billboards, sign posts, theatre scenery strips and for the manufacture of toys, novelties, caskets, luggage stock and other specialty items.

The coming year undoubtedly will see no let-up in production of White Fir which, in 1952, is expected to run over a billion board feet. A post-war sensation in the lumber industrv, White Fir production has grown ten-fold from the 1940 output of just a little over 100 million feet.

The species is particularly important to the California market because of the great quantities manufactured by California mills.

Douglas Fir of the Western Pine region is also expected to continue in the production volume that has reached lf billion annually in recent years. Other Associated Woods will hold their relative proportions to total regional production.

Tree Farming, which hit a total of more than five million certified acres in the pine region in 1952, is surely destined to continue the steady expansion it has experienced since its inception 1O years ago. In the past year, incidentally, California assumed regional leader'ship in both numbers of acreages and numbers of acres with 1i6 certified tree farms covering 1,485,803 acres, as of October 1.

In so d<.ring it took acreage leadership away from Oregon's pine countryand farm numbers leadership from Idaho.

Back From lcrpcrn

Hollis Truxton Jones, sales manager of \Mestern Door and Sash Company, Oakland has recently returned from a two-year tour with the navy ofi Japan. His duty was in the Military Transportation Service and his rank that of Lieutenant Commander. Commander Jones was particularly glad to be back home, for he has done atotal stretch of six years with the navy. To take six years out of his seventeen with the Western Door and Sash, and also out of his thirty-four years of age is quite a segment of any man's life. His family was with him in Japan for the last seven months. Members of Oakland Hoo-Hoo had the opportunity of greeting him again at their last meeting.

Furcsssful lDs$yssr

FR()M THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE AND DISTRIBUTE

WINDOW SCREEI{S

New Yard cnd Dock oI Findlcry-Millcn Timber Co. ct Kolcrmbugcrn, Mindcncro, P.I.

Old Buildinss Prove Durahlity Of \Vest Coast Hemlock Lumber

West Coast hemlock lumber has a brilliant sales future. It has strength, rvorkability, resiliency, pleasing pattern, and, above all, durability-just about everything a consumer wants in a soft wood lumber.

Authority for this bit of sales talk is D. W. (Bill) Gossard, sales manager for Weyerhaeuser Timber company's White River branch at Enumclaw, Washington.

Gossard has sold lumber for 33 years. During this third century of marketing experience, his enthusiasm for selling West Coast hemlock has mounted steadily.

"West Coast hemlock," he says, "canbe used interchangeably with Douglas fir,with but one exception. In long joists, ,where great stiffness is needed, Douglas fir is the preferred wood. Otherwise, West Coast hemlock is every bit as good as Douglas fir for building purposes."

In several old buildings in Enumclaw, Gossard can show you just how serviceable West Coast hemlock can be in building construction.

West Coast hemlock siding 28 years old covers the north side of an old lumber storage shed in Enumclarv. This siding has never been painted. Yet it hasn't split, decayed nor tw'isted. The wood still grips the nails tightly.

Under the same shed are West Coast hemlock posts and joists, also 28 years old. They are still in sound, serviceable condition

The floor of an adjacent storage shed rests on West Coast hemlock joists that are 47 years old. They are endchecked, but otherwise sound. A knife blade, probing the r,veathered surface of these joists, reveals good, bright wood.

Gossard can also r1't61y yorl West Coast hemlock siding that has been on an old retail lumber yard office building for 47 years. Though the siding was last painted 27 years ago and has been exposed to about 50 inches of rainfall a year, it is still sound and serviceable. Paint still clings to the boards. Nails are firmly seated in the u,ood.

In tr,vo old homes in Fnumclaw-one built in 1902-West Coast hemlock lumber s.as used extensively. Gossard has gone into the history of these trvo houses and has found that the hemlock is 60 years old in one house, 50 years old in the other. In both instances, the wood is rvell preserved, and has many years o{ service ahead of it.

In seiling West Coast hemiock, Gossard stresses the durability and these other points as rvell :

Western hemlock is dense, has a long fiber, is one of our stronger and n.rost resilient soft woods

It is non-resinous and is therefore receptive to ltaint and r'vill hold finishes many years without flaking.

It has a pleasing pattern, ferv knots and no pitch pockets. This makes it excellent for wall panelings.

It is moderately light in u'eight .rvhen dried and is easy to work and machine.

It is fine textured and straight grained and will not split nor splinter easily

It has neither taste nor odor, therefore is a good wood to use in shelving and cupboards.

It increases in hardness with age.

It grips all fastenings tightly because of its density.

It was used during World War II in airplane and glider construction; plane and glider manufacturers liked the strength, durabilitv, light n'eight and resiliency of the wood.

It is currently much used for manufacturing industrial ladders and fire ladders because it is strong, resilient, free from pitch and will machine to a satin finish.

It is widely used for industrial flooring because it resists lvear, doesn't splinter and grorvs harder with age.

Gossard has lvatched the increased use of West Coast l.remlock u'ith special interest. For many years he tried to destroy prejudices against hemlock that existed in the lumber trade. These prejudices, he says, got their start in the forest and the lumber mills.

Loggers sarv hemlock logs, u'ith the bark still on them, decay more quickly than logs of other species. Thev concluded that hemlock n,as not as durable as Douglas fir.

\\rhat the loggers didn't understand, Gossard says, is that the hemlock logs decayed more quickly because they had more rvater in them. A thousand board feet of freshly sar,ved West Coast hemlock, for example, rvill have from 500 to 1.000 pounds more rvater in it than an ectual amount of Douglas fir.

"If the bark is left on a hemlock 1og that's lying in the

This western hemlock conlerence table qt Weyerhceuser Timber compcny's White River brcrnch, Enumclqw, Wcsh., is cr showpiece. Western hemlock in tqble has sqtin finish, becutilul wcrm yellow color.

These

old

shed

Wash., ate 47 yecrs old. They hcve end-Ihecked slightly where wcter hcs dripped over them, but otherwise cre sound. Dcrrk spots on sides of ioists necr the ends show where wecthered gurlcce hqs been chipped awqy to revecl bright, strong wood,

1voods," Gossard explains, "the r,vater can't get out. The higher water content makes'the hemlock log decay faster than a Douglas fir 1og. Loggers and others tvorking in the woods saw this occur and came to believe that hemlock decayed quickly.

"At the same time, loggers and mill men didn't like to handle hemlock logs because they were smaller in size and harder to mill because of their greater \veight, density and $rater content."

In years past, Gossard points out, some West Coast hemlock was improperly dried. Some of this ca.se-hardened and developed \varping tendencies.

"Today," Gossard says, "we know that hemlock must be kiln dried for a longer time than Douglas fir-to get rid of

Los Angcles Hoo-Hoo Meeting

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a golf tournament and dinner meeting at the Rio Hondo Country Club, Downey, Friday, November 14.

Jim Forgie, chairman of the Golf Committee, presented the prizes to the following golfers:

Low gross, Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co. trophy, Rex Wall.

First Flight-first prize, George E. Ream trophy, Sid Simmonds-second prize, The California Lumber Merchant trophy, Dee Essley.

Second Flight-first prize, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. trophy, George Myers-second prize, Roy Stanton trophy, Boris Kutner.

Third Flight-firstprize, Atlas Lumber Co., trophy, Norm Ward- second prize, Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Inc. trophy, Ralph Steffen.

The guest prize was won by "Bud" Gerich, and the

the higher water content. When West Coast hemlock lumber is properly dried, as it is today, it is one of our most useful, durable soft woods.

"As a matter of fact, much of the air-dried West Coast hemlock lumber produced years ago was serviceable and of higlr quality. The 47-year-old joists under the old lumber storage shed in Enumclaw were probably put in greennot dried at all. Yet they have stood up for almost half a century and haven't rvarped or split."

Some of the old prejudices against West Coast hemlock lumber still exist, but this wood is now fast earning Lhe recognition it deserves. No one gets more personal satisfaction from this than Bill Gossard. For 33 years, he has been trying to u.in wider acceptance for \\rest Coast hemlock. In his book, it's "a truly wonderful n.ood."

Dubs prize u-ent to Baker Lee. They received trophies presented by the Club.

Winners in the special events were awarded golf balls. Harvey Koll was in charge of the golf tournament.

President Don Bufkin presided overthe after dinner ceremonies, and announced that the Annual Christmas Party will be held at the Oakmont Country Club on Friday, December 12. A new Paul Bunyan sound motion picture was shown through the courtesy of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and Larry Weiland of the A Arrow Lumber Co. showed motion pictures of the last Hoo-Hoo concat. The Gay Gates Trio provided songs and music during the cocktail and dirrner hours. There was a good attendance, 150, Old Cats sitting down to dinner.

Appointed Assistant Mcrncger

Jack Raines, manager of Hammond Lumber Company, Pomona, announces the appointment of Wilbur I-app as assistant manager. He was formerly yard manager.

West Cocst hemlock ioists under cn

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at Enumclaw,

Lumber sclesmcn. D. W. Gossard, jcbs c pocket knile into the hemIock siding thct hcre been on qn old lumber office ct Enumclcw, WcEh., Ior 47 yeors. Pcinted lasl,27 years dgo, the siding is still in good shcpe.

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FROM ALL OF US

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SPENCE FARROWIED GRYDE _ IOil COONEY _ IONY IAFOYA

DICK HUNT _ FRANK TUCKERNAEYERS NEW'IIAN

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OFFICES AND WAREHOUSES

812 Eost 59th Street

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DURING 1953 we will start our FIFTH DECADE serving the Retail Lumber Dealers exclusively throughout this trade area with Guaranteed Sash and Doors. . We wish to thank our many customers for their ready acceptance of the new "PLEXOLITE" PLASTIC SHEETS and ROLLING SLAT INTERIOR DECORATIVE BLINDS -TWO fine products we furnish along with our CUSTOM MADE AND STOCK VENEERED WORK. \TOOD DOORS, r$f/OOD SASH and WOOD TXTINDOVS. Ve shall continue in our effort to supply products of unquestioned yalus-se you in tufn may build customer acceptance, and confidence, such as we enjoy through service to you. . So we say again, as we have said each Holiday Season for over forty years-

"SEASON'S GREETINGS TO YOU and YOURS" Since l9l2

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A Matter o[ Taxes

It was the day before election and Mose and Eph met on a corner and stopped to talk politics. Said Mose:

"Eph, who you goin' to vote fo' fo' President?"

Eph said: "I'se fixin' to vote Republican."

Mose said: "You mean to tell me you' goin' to vote Republican?"

Eph said: "Sho is."

Carl G. Muench Retires

Carl G. Muench's retirement as senior vice-president has been announced by The Celotex Corporation.

An authority on fibreboard manufacturing techniques, Muench has been associated .r,r,ith the insulation board industry since 1910. That year he assisted in the design and construction of the Flaxlinum Insulating Company plant at St. Paul, Minn., which he also operated for a nunrber of years. In I9l4 he became associated with the

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lo deal with us -

Buyers who have dealt with us over 40 years, know that TW&J products are honestly represented. They also know the practieal value of our policy - prompt, courteous, efficient seroice.

Ten large saw mills, augmented by an extensive wholesale distributins organization. You are assured a dependable sirppl"v of Vrest Coast lumber a-nd lumber p"od.rct, in a wide choice of sizes and gradej.

White Fir, Douglas Fir,lncense Cedar, Sugal Pine, Pondelosa Pine; also Pine doors, K.D. sash, Pine and Fir mouldings, Pine plywood.

Mose said: "Don't you membah when de Republicans wuz in befo how hahd times wuz? Don't you membah how we had to go out an'chase rabbits when we wuz hungry?"

Eph said: "Sho membah bout dat.An' I likewise membahs dat when we caught a rabbit-WE GOT TO KEEP IT.''

M & O Paper Company at International FalLs, Minn., .ivhere he designed and built machines and plant for making the first rigid insulating board. In 1920 he joined a group that organized the present Celotex Corporation. IIe was responsible for the designing and building of the machinery and plant at Marrero, La., which he managed for many years.

Muench has held the position of vice-president and director of The Ceiotex Corporation since its organization. He u'ill continue as a director of The Celotex Corporation.

HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY

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We wish to express our THANKS to our mCIny friends who moke our business possible, ond to extend to eoch ond every one our wish thot your Christmos mCIy be crn enjoyoble one, ond the New Yeor hoppy ond prosperous.

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THANK YOU, 1952, You hove been Yery good lo us. And moy we thonk our mqny friends for mqking this one of our mosl successful yeors.

WETCOME 1953. Moy we welcome the New Yeqr wirh rhis pledge: To conlinue rhe policy which hqs merited the confidence of our customers . Quoliry Foresl Products-Foir Pricescrnd q Reql Desire lo Pleose.

Christmas Trees Are Biq Business

Bv Al J. Brown Assistant Editor, The Gulf Coast Lumberman

Some 25 million trees are cut about this time of year throughout the nation for an industry that has assumed large proportions-the Christmas tree business. If you figure at the conservative price of 50 cents per tree'in the woods, the yield adds up to some $12,500,000, an impressive figure-if you are still impressed in this day with a million. According to some estimates the year around value of the business runs up to the 50 million dollar class. Yet, as rlre measure the age of Christianity, this business is of comparatively recent origin.

Christianity was some sixteen centuries old before there is evidence, in literature, of the practice of decorating Christmas trees in the home, churches and public places. The Germans seem to have started it. In Strasburg, during the year 1604 the Christmas tree appeared in literature, when mention of the practice was made in an old manuscript. In the 18th century the custom was common in Germany.

From the home, trees moved into the churches. Finland adopted the practice about 1800;Denmark in 1830. The first tree of record in England was listed in 1829, when Princess Lieven introduced it to the English. In 1841 Prince Albert, who married Queen Victoria, set up a tree ir, Windsor castle. The custom was brought to America by German colonists. The municipal trees, or "trees of light" are of very recent origin.

The season for cutting trees and greens lasts only about 5 weeks, starting about November 1 and extending to December 10 for carload lots. Some companies have been able to extend lhe season for harvesting the Christmas crop by dipping or spraying small trees with paint and treating them chemically to retard needle fall and prevent mold. Trees so treated can be held in cold storage for periods extending up to more than a year. One concern, located in Minnesota cuts and ships annually more than a million black spruce Christmas trees, which are processed in a protective chemical bath and mounted on a liquid containing basc. The chemical is decorative as well as preservative and produces trees in white, aluminum, and green colors. This black spruce, not used to any extent for any other product, grows slowly in the swamps of northern Minnesota Cutting is so done that the slow-growing forest is renewed for further use from year to year.

California uses about 3 million Christmas trees each year. About 600,000 come from within the state, some 90,000 gathered from the National Forest. Oregon ships in most of the out-of-state trees, using for that purpose Douglas fir, red fir, ancl white fir.

Almost cvery form of conifer is used somewhere in the country. In the North and Northeast, balsam fir is the favorite because of its pleasant odor and its beauty of form. Spruce is r.videly used in Canada, the North and the Northeast. Douglas fir and other firs find favor in the Rocky

Mountains and on the West Coast. In the South, pines and cedars are largely used. Scotch pine and Norway pine are found on the market in some sections of the East.

The estimated annual production of Christmas trees by species in the United States, according to Arthur I\[. Sowder, of the U. S. Extension service is: Ralsam fir, 6,435,000, 30 per cent: Douglas fir, 5,380,500, 27 per cent; black spruce, 2,363,0N, 11 per cent; red cedar,' 2,128,545, 10 per cent; white spruce, 1,990,26, 5 per cent; Scotch pine, 806,9n,3 per cent; Southern pine 652,550, 3 per cent; red spruce, 594,160,3 per cent ; Virginia pine, 370,000, 2 per cent; white fir, 335,000. 2 per cent; Norway spruce, 303,400, I per cent. Others, making up less than one per cent of the total, include: red fir, red pine, Alpine fir, White pine, grand fir, Arizona cypress, jack pine, Colorado blue spruce, Pinyon pine, hemlock, juniper, Engelmann spruce, and others.

Does the Christmas tree business injure the forests? That, of course, depends upon the manner in which the trees are harvested. The manner can be helpful to the forest, or it can be iniurious. Clear cutting is a bad practice and frowned upon by all forest management personnel. In harvesting trees on large holdings and under the supervision of trained personnel or foresters, the production of trees for Christ:nas can be tied in with a necessary thinning process. In this manner it not only furnishes additional income, but actually improves the forest. In New York, the Lake states and Pennsylvania, and New England. Christmas trees have been planted as a crop and have proven very profitable. This Christmas tree farming has developed into a highly screntific process, nature has been improved upon, and crops are harvested at 6 to 11 years.

If there be those rvho feel they should object to the cutting of Christmas trees, it might be well to remember that the modern concept of forestry is not only to the perpetuation of forests but also to the wise use of woodlands. Arnong those who do not otrject to the cutting of these small trees. we may count that numerous throng into whose pockets the fruit of this industry flows to the amounts of from 20 million to 50 million dollars, and for whom the little trees spell out the words-Merry Christmas.

The Lumher Outlook For f953

By Leo V. Bodine, ExecutiveYice President National Lumber Manulocturers Associotion

, Aty forecast for the lumber industry must reckon rvith the uncertain state of international affairs which tinge predictions with so much chance that they could be upset during the next 24 hours.

What of the rvar in Korea ? Will it end soon, remain an Asian bonfire, or spread into a world-wide conflagration?

IIow long the 'n'orld will bristle from the race of arms mttst be left to the clairvoyant to answer.

An uneasy, sttspicious peace in the rvorld outside Korea seems the most likely prospect for the immediate future.

A regimented' or partially regimented economy in the name of preDaredness is irksorne and abhorrent to our people. The need for this regimentation isnot indisputably evident. Economic controls earlier thought necessary serve today as an irritant and to increase the overhead of both government and industry. A people who have traditionally shown themselves adverse to dictation from government can only be expected to fret progressivelv under such a set of circumstances.

In the year ahead, as in the past, the business climate u'ill be conditioned in major degree by government spending. From a long-range standpoint, this is cause for alarm because the vcrlume of business thus engendered is largelv synthetic.

Of short range, horvever, the backlog of appropriated money as yet unspent by government, the pace of the preparedness program and probable continuation of the u'ar in Korea, furrrish a combination that economists say assures a high level of business during 1953.

There will be full employment and the pace of home building after seven years of record activitv is expected to fall only slightly below that of 1952. Accordingly, the lumber industry has reason toview the year ahead I'ith a somewhat cautious optimism.

The need for caution arises from the fact that aggressive marketing programs are certain to be undertaken in behalf of competitive materials which show signs of coming into surplus. Perhaps one of the most encouraging signs in recent mdnths has been the heightened awareness among lumbermen that initiative, ingenuity, and well-conceived merchandising programs must be employed to do a better job of selling the industrv and its products to the public.

The best available evidence points to a fairly firm market for lumber next year, rvith some seasonal fluctuations and possibly a minor slump in the latter half of the year. InCications are that production and consumption will be near the 1952 level.

Estimated production through the first nine months of 1952 totaled 27.8billion board feet. Estimates on total 1952 output run around 36 billion board feet, 3.5 per cent below 1951. Consumption during the first nine months of 1952 an.rounted to an estimated 29.2 billion board feet, u'hile consumption for the {ull year is placed at about 38.4 billion board feet, 0.3 per cent below 1951.

Certain types of lumber output would be stimulated by the end of price controls which are scheduled to expire next April 30.

The pace of construction and national defense developments are important keys to lumber demand in the year ahead but the entire building picture must be viewed rvith caution. As mentioned earlier in this article, there are signs that home construction next year will approximate the more than one million new units started during 1952. Ifou'ever, these same indicators also point to a leveling off of home building at a point somewhat below the million per year figure. Surveys indicate that the doubling up of families u'hich occurred in the war years has been relieved, more rental property is available in most areas, and the formation of nerv families has slowed.

The recent suspension of Regulation X could cause a significant increase in new home starts except for two important factors: (1) the relative tightness of theVA and FIfA mortgage money market; and (2) the warnings that home construction has reached the saturation point in some sections of the country.

There is nothing to refute the argument that much home buying rvas discouraged by stiff down payment requirements. But the most we should expect from the suspension of Regulation X is an immediate spurt and then a leveling off of new housing starts.

Also, it should be remembered that the people who build homes for sale will be shackled, at least during the first six months of the new year, rvith the threat that the former

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Redwood Keeps Growing

Bv Philip T. Farnsworth

Calilornia Redwood Association

The title of this informal report may seem to be stating the obvious, but since it is meant to apply not so much to the seedling-sapling (sarv timber) cycie of trees as to current developments in the redrt'ood industry, it needs explanation.

Production figures so far this year shorv that the usual high output of redrn'ood lumber continues, and current market information indicates prospects of future sales bv the Association's member mills are good.

Notervorthy advances are being made in conservatit;n, not only in the timberland itself, assuring a permanent supply of redu'ood lumber for the welfare of future generations, but also in the ultimate uses of the product. This type of conservation means an adequate supply will be available for the particular purposes where it alone is most suitable. Home exteriors, garden structttres, farm buildings, storage tanks for water, chemical and organic materials used by industries, cooling to$'ers, sewage disposal equipment-these are only a few of the functions best performed by redwood due to its decay-resistant properties, and these are the uses the Association is trying to stress.

In this conservation of use, the utilization of all available redwood is also pressed. The use of short and narrolv lengths, for instance, sometimes entirely discarded by the builder, are perfectly suitable in certain phases of home or industrial building. Their use thus saves longer, rvider pieces for appropriate places.

This program of conservation 'was follorved to its ultimate degree recently by a carpenter acquaintance of the u'riter. While u'orking on the construction of a home, this man picked up scraps to short for building purposes. From these he manufactured a specialty item which sells very n'ell. This process, however, lef t scraps three or four inches long. These my frugal friend carved into salable figurines. From the original lengths of lumber, he had left only the shavings and I'm sure he'd have used them, too, if only they'd been available in sufficient quantity.

The foregoing is mentioned only to illustrate the ultimate ideal in the complete use of the tree-a feat which, like most ideals, is rarely possible to achieve.

The problem of conservation, formerly viewed askance

by timbermen and mill operators, is now being explored by them from every possible angle. Selective logging, proper cutting and milling are aimed at the most complete utilization of timber. Literature extending this economical use of lumber into the fields of construction and rnanufacture is fired in broadsides to architects, contractors and u'ood tnanufacturers.

The program is being pushed, not because members of the Association are 'ivorried about the extinction of their redwood resources, that "bogey-man" so often invoked by "pink-tea conservationists"-their modern methods of logging assure an available supply in perpetuity. It is the realization that economy in every phase of the business is essential to itsprofit. The wider the field over rvhich redu,ood can be used to advantage, the greater the demand for it will be. So more business, more profits !

And the program is paying off. As one example, architects lvho u'ere reluctant to specify redrvood in their plans because of the "bogey-man" are now ordering it in increasing quantities, assured that betn'een the loggers' timber conservation and their ou'n economy in material an adequate supply of redrvood rvill alu'ays be available' In like manner, industrial consumers and individual customers are incluiring more about redwood products. The marketing of shop-grade redrvood by lumber retailers shows a particularly steady growth.

Getting back to the conservation practices of member companies in their timberlands, procedures that onlv a few years ago were considered revolutionary are becoming accepted standards.

The gron'th of the Tree Farms in the redwood region is a good example of this development. The first Farm rvas established in the region two and a half years ago' Norv tlrere are 14 such Farms comprising a total area of 109,132 acres certified by the Association, 'ivith more to be added in the near fnture. Individual farms range in stze lrom 27 acres to 65,000. These Tree Farms offer our greatest assurance that there will be regular cash crops of redrvood trees {or future supplies and, at the same time, provide harvests of timber for current manufacture and marketing.

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The Loggers of the Mountains

(Tune: "Tbe Hunterc ol Kentucky")

ByJim Stevens

! Come all ye gallant towboat men, Brave boom men and log rafters, join with me in praises of The men who feed your craft, sirs. Look to the forest hills that rise Each way from Puget Sound lands, Then tip your caps and give a cheer For the loggers of the mountains.

O the loggers, the loggers of the mountains !

'Twas back in eighteen fifty-two The loggers went to falling tirnber all around the Sound, To start the towboats hauling. toiled with axes that were broad: ffi,No saws or blasting powder; ey jacked the logs into the drink, And lived on fish and chowder.

O the loggers, the loggers of the moun

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The Hardwood Lumber Business

By Jos. L. Muller, Secretary-Manager National Hordwood Lumber Association

It is always with a certain amount of hesitation that anyone approaches the task ofwriting an analysis of the hardwood market. The hardwood industry does not lend itselfto generalizations since each of its many thousands of individual producing or distributing units scatteied geographically is affected in its own separate way by the economic factors present in its respective location. A generalization. therefore, which is necessary could be in direct contrast with an individual mill's experience. In the second instance, there is a natural reluctance to avoid getting out on a limb since an analysis in the long run is simply the expression of one's opinion based upon the accumulation of various experiences or bits of information collected here and there. You may, therefore, entirely disagree rvith my opinions since you may see the picture literally from a different point of view.

Another imprilse in sizing up business conditions is to place it in one of three categories-good, bad or indifierent -and hoping itwill be "good" since this makes the pen leap and everybody happy, including the author. But in using this approach, f am compelled to suggest that the market since January. 1952, has been all three-"good, bad and indifferent," and elaborating upon the word "indifferent," it has been good enough for some to make at least a small profit (after taxes) and not bad enough for others to cause any serious loss (after taxes, of course) From the very start of the year, I have maintained that the market r'vas also healthy. True, it rvas slow in getting started butit gradually perked up pace and moved along steadily. I believe it healthv for the simple reason that the demand seemed to be coming from the grass roots-the people themselves-and was not artificially stimulated in any hectic sense by wild government buying orwild government proclamations. If we subscribe to the theory of free enterprise and a competitive free economy, then rve need to recognize that the strength of our business must come from natural demands and under a buyer's rnarket. It is best to move forward at a moderate. steady pace rather than to move in rapid starts and stalls in the manner of 1951 when the scare buying spree brought rvild splurges of orders and then suddenly stopped in the late spring or early summer with such a jar that manv concluded thev rvere in the depths of another depression and sqriously considered shutting down their plants. Another thought to keep in mind is our base point. With what period are we comparing our business operation or the market-with the period of 1951 or 7941? It makes a difference. Actuallv, the best measrlre of the condition isto measure it on its own merits. And this measure is whether or not it provided a sufificient return for the effort. fn general, the answer will be "yes" from a pure dollar-and-cents angle.

At this time statistics show orders equal to or slightly in excess of production with a moderate decline in inventories. Production, hou'ever, ran about 10% belorv a

year ago. When an accounting can be made for the full year- I predict (reluctantly but by request) that 1952 u'ill measure up almost fully to the very good year of 1951. While the end result may be about equal, the journey to it is of interesting contrast. The year 1951, starting out with a bang, bogged down in the summer and then again accelerated during the fall. 1952, on the other hand, seemed bogged down at the start of the year and gradually oozed out of its lethargy and moved steadily forward. If any year can be termed normal, perhaps this year is a good one on which to pin that dubious adjective. It was normal in the sense that buying was cautious, selective and on a bargaining basis. Mills and distributors had to scurry around and do some selling and sales promotion. Inventories were adequate but not too heavy, and good effort was made to keep them well assorted. Employment u'as steady ,rnd finding new enrployees was not too difficult. There was more of a tendency to do calm thinking and planning for the future- If rvas a year when offieial'price cont'rols-*we-re placed on hardrvoods but no one was too much disturbed about them, and many wished that they could get the ceiling prices. Other official controls on production and distribution were talked about but with lumber readily available and in adequate supply for military and civilian needs, none were put into effect.

Construction starts were favorable and estimates regularly revised upward from eariier guesses of 650,000 to one million and more. Credit restrictions, however, plagued the construction industry as prospective home o\\rners struggled to meet the required large cash deposit under Regulation X. After considerable pressure, Regulation X rvas modified bnt not in any degree to make an appreciable improvement. The government implied that if housing start,s fell off. the removal of Regulation X could then provide an emergency stimulus. No one, however, seemed to be counting the number of houses completed but not sold because of the lack of the cash down-payment. Regulation X was finally removed in September. Perhaps the most serious deterrent to the market demand for hardwoods and flooring was the existence of this credit restricticn to li'hich can be added the general philosophy or psvchologv of the buyers and consumers who had a,dopted a "wait-andsee" attitude-an attitude also referred to as "cautious" and "selective" and rvhich was obviously present at the furniture marts.

For some, the year was good-others, bad-others, not bad, not good. But predominantly and mostly it was good -and healthy-for the industry. There is no evidence to suggest that 1953 u'ill not also be a good year, with the buyer ever more firmly entrenched in the driver's seat.

The National Hardwood Lumber Association holds an optimistic attitude. During the past year, it strengthened its organization, increased its field staff and activated its

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We are pleased to take advantage of this opportunitj, to wish our friends in the

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Redwood Keeps Growing

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economic surveys made of our forest resotlrces over a period of years. They show that forest industries are second only to agriculture in their contribution to the general welfare and economy of the nation. And as the virgin timber of the eastern areas of the countrv has been harvested, ther'e has been a growing dependence on the West for a supply of quality forest products.

Pinning the effects of this trend in California, the state norv ranks second in the United States in lumber manufacttlre, producing more than four billion board feet of lumber and.allied products last year. At the same time, the state had to import a billion feet to fill its ou'n needs. As you knou', all redwood comes from California.

So r''i.here do we go frorn here? N{y carpenter friend, dealing in inches, not feet, has the general idea.

Foremost in the Association's efforts to promote this type of conservation is the Redwood Region Conservation Council with its steady insistenc.e that members think in terms of farming, not merely logging, when considering the cutting of their timber. In addition, the Council contributes to the general program of conservation through its work in fire prevention and the Keep Green movement. Through its Redwood Circles, groups of civic leaders in the various communities in the redwood region, the Council keeps the problems of conservation constantly in each citizen's mind and, at the same time, gains the greatest possible amount of publicity for advancing the work.

The technical and research division of the Association also made valuable contributions to extending supply. During the past year, studies were made which resulted in improving methods of air seasoning the wood to assure uniform drying, which results in better quality lumber, and a testing program in cooperation with paint manufacturers on many natural exterior finishes for redwood through rvhich appreciable improvement was made in the durability of these finishes for homes with redwood exteriors. In addition, this division worked with manufacturers on the problem of utilizingtheir redwood lumber to the fullest extent, and to member mills on maintaining a high quality control.

To sum up, every phase of the redwood industry is keeping pace with the growth in its forests, encouraging that grolr'th and extending the benefits of its harvest. We look forrvard to an even more favorable future.

The Hardwood Lumber Business

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educational and instructional programs. Its membership rose to a record level and on its broader foundations seeks to build its structure to new heights in the service of arid for the welfare of our great American Hardwood Lumber Industry.

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I f I through all peoples from the earliest dawn of civilization.

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Appointed Special Factory Representative

Appointment of Richard D. Behm, former chief of the plywood and fabricated products branch of the lumber division, National Production Authority in Washington, as a special factory representative has been announced by Verne Breitenbucher, vice president of sales, for M and M Wood Working Company, makers of Malarkey plywoods and doors. Behm is the second such consultant to be named and will be assigned as liaison between distributors of Malarkey doors and plywoods and architects east of the Mississippi river. Behm will have headquarters in New York City. Establishment of the service will aid Malarkey distributors and regional offices in this type of work and will give still better service whenever and wherever it is needed. Breitenbucher states.

Until February 1951 Behm was for some years director of advertising and product development at M and M headquarters in Portland, Oregon. At that time he was sent to Chicago as assistant to M and M's regional field representative in that area, and moved into the government position.shortly afterward. He left his NPA post in August to return to M and M.

Tracy E. Sanks sale Lumber, Los He was formerly

is now selling for Earl Angeles, covering the with Western Custom

F. Wood WholeLos Angeles area. Mill.

C. M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, Los Angeles, joined Los Caballeros on their Palms To Pines ride November 5 to 8, the ride beginning at Palm Springs.

Smokey Bear Hibernates

Smokey Bear has gone into hibernation with the coming of rain and snow in the California national forests. The same storms that sent the Fire Prevention Smokey Bear into hibernation has made it possible for the Forest Service to close the long dry fire season. Forest rangers are closing the mountain top lookouts and reparring and storing fire-fighting equipment for the winter.

The area lost by forest fires on the national forests was far less than normally expected, according to M. M. Nelson, Regional Fire Chief for the U. S. Forest Service. He stated that only 17,000 acres were burned as compared with ten times that amount in 1951. The number of forest fires, however, was 1,900 which is more than usual. This was because the season had so many lightning storms. There rvere 700 man-caused fires which showed an improvement from past years. But the number of caielessly caused fires is still far too great, Nelson said.

The Forest Service reported an especially good year for the Northern California forests. There was only one fire which exceeded 1,000 acres, this on the Shasta National Forest. The total burn for all of the "timber forests', was 6,500 acres, burnecl bv over 1.600 fires.

New Resident Mcrnqger

Leslie I. Holmes has been appointed resident manager of Rockport Redwood Company at Rockport, Calif. He succeeds W. E. Larvson, who resigned to accept the position of general manager of the Simpson Logging Co. at Arcata, Calif.

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riendliness ond good will ore the very essence of the Christmos spirit ond it is pleosont to recoll, ot this holidoytime, how frequently we encounter thot spirit in business throughout the yeor. '

With Seoson's Greetings, ond sincere oppreciotion for your contribution to pleosont ossociotions, come cordiol good wishes for your increosing hoppiness ond prosperity in the New Yeor.

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Appointed Sales Manager For Northern California

Arthur J. Wahl has been appointed sales manager of E. L. Bruce Co., I:rc. of Northern California according to an announcement by Stanley Eznekier, district rnanager. He has been with Bruce six years.

Mr. Wahl is well known in lumber circl,:s in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Nevada, having traveled this section as a salesnran for the past four and a hali years.

After grrduating from high school in Ntill Valley, Calif., he spent four I'ears in Africa and 9th Air Force hefore going to work

Commercial Standard CS31 -52, \(/ood Shinsles Available

Printed copies of Commercial Standard CS31-52, covering l'ood shingles, are now available, the Commodity Standards Division of the Office of Industry and Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce. reported recently.

This isthe Fifth Edition of the Commercial Standard for \\rood Shingles, the first having been adopted by the industry in 1931 Shingles covered by this standard are from the foliou'ing species, rvhich are among the highest cl:rss of decay-resistant rvoods, the high durability, close grain. and even texture of which make thern especially suitable for roofing shingles: Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), u,hose chief commercial range is in Oregon, \Mashington, and British Columbia; Tidervater red cypress (Taxodium distichum), found chiefly in the tideu'ater regions of Florida and Louisiana; California redu'ood (Sequoia sempervirens), found in the coastal region of northern California and the southrvestern extremity of Oregon.

The standard provides a minimum specification for the highest commercial grade of sarvn wood shingles of the three ,species, knorvn as "No. 1 grade." It covers length, 'ividth, thickness, grain, characteristics, color, packing, ancl the grading tolerances for these requirements, and includes a brief history of the project, a list of the acceptors, and the membership of the Standing Committee.

Printed copies of Wood Shingles, (Red Cedar, Tideu'ater Red Cypress California Redwood), Fifth Edition, Commercial Standard CS31-52, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for 5 cents per copy. A discount of 25 per cent rvill be allowed on orders for 100 or more copies sent to a single address.

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1953 Cedar Shinsle Outlook ls Good

By William \fl. \Toodbridge, Secretary-Manager Red Cedar Shinsle Bureau

no roofing is more satisfactory than the Certigrade red cedar shingle, there seems to have remained the belief in the minds of many builders that the cedar shingle roof is the more expensive covering for the house; consequently other materials have been favored because of the misapprehension as to the cost factor involved. Advertising the spaced sheathing economy in roof construction in The Cahfornia Lumber Merchant and similar publications throughout the country have been productive of remarkably good results. And so, the production of Certigrades has been increasing in a most satisfactory manner.

Even the professional pessimist would be unable to predict anything but good business for the shingle industry during the coming year. 1952 has shown a steadily increasing demand for Certigrade red cedar shingle in all parts of the United States, particularly throughout California. There seems to be no indication of a decrease in this growing demand. It is reasonably safe to predict a good year for 1953.

The increasing demand for housing throughout America continues good, and there is no indication of a weakening in this continuously growing demand.

It is much easier to analyze the present and the past than it is to predict, although predictions must be based upon recent experience. Let's look at the picture as it exists today.

Advertising and promotion have played a major part in this increasing demand for Certigrade Red Cedar Shingles. The Bureau, in its promotion and advertising, has stressed emphatically the economy of spaced sheathing for red cedar shingle roofs. To many it may seem remarkable that so ferv people have realized what a saving in cost there is in spaced sheathing-saving in the cost of the lumber itself, asrvellas saving in labor. Only red cedar shingles can be properly applied on spaced sheathing with the approval of building officials and the Federal Housing Administration. Competitive materials demand solid sheathing which represents a material increase in the cost of the roof itself. This one point has been continuously stressed throughout the current year and the advertising of red cedar shingles over spaced sheathing has brought a remarkably large number of inquiries from dealers and builders asking for more detailed and specific information. While it has been generally recognized for many years that

Moving Wholesqle Division to New Locqtion

Bob Hogan announces that the Hogan Lumber Company of Oakland is moving its r,vholesale warehouse into the building vacated by the California Builders Supply at 700 Sixth Avenue, its old address rvas at Second and Alice.

Another factor u'hich has influenced the shingle consumption to a very considerable extent is that many builders are norv employing the Red Label grade of shingles for decorative purposes on small stucco homes. The cheaper grade shingles are being applied single-coursed, either in panels or covering the entire front wall of the home, and being stained or painted after application. This trend has meant a remarkable increase in the use of this lower grade shingle, a shingle r'r,hich is clear of all defects for 12 inches from the butt, admirably suited for the purpose of adding its touch of quality beauty to small cheap homes. Many of these lesser grade shingles are being used in gable ends. Many houses are being covered completely with walls of Red Label shingles.

The phenomenal increase in the demand for pre-stained processed shakes has naturally had its influence on shingle production. It u,as only five years ago that less than 2/o of the homes built in that year were walled with pre-stained cedar processed shakes. It is estimated that in 1952 morc than l0/o of all of the homes built in America will employ either wholly, or in part, pre-stained processed shakes. All of these shakes are made from No. 1 Certigrade red cedar shingles. They are always applied double-coursed on the rvalls and this has brought about a corresponding increase in the demand for the cheapest grade of shingles 'w'hich is used for undercottrsing.'

With the continuing national advertising campaign behind the pre-stained processed shake, there is every reason to predict that this product will continue to grow in demand, and correspondingly the manufacturers of processed shakes n'ill be demanding more andmore Certigrade shingles.

And so it is a conservative prediction that the outlook for 1953 is a most healthy one, and it would take a national or international catastrophe to stem the growing demand for Certigrade red cedar shingles in all of the various grades being manufactured 1ty the industry.

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Elected President Of California Redwood Association

San Francisco, November 1l-The new president of the California Redwood Association, announced here today, is Earl Birmingham, president of the Hammond Lumber Company. The vice president for the coming year is Russelt H. Ells, president of the Willits Redwood Products Company. Sherman A. Bishop was re-elected executive vice president and Selwyn J. Sharp was again elected secretarytreasurer.

The new board of directors and their alternates is Earl B. Birmingham, alternate H. E. Bailey, of Hammond Lumber Company; Russell H. Ells, alternate J. H. Robinson, Willits Redwood Products Company; F. V. Holmes, alternate C. W. Fender, Jr,, Holmes Eureka Lumber Company; F. C. Kilpatrick, alternate Robert L. Turner, Rockport Redwood Company; A. S. Murphy, alternate Kenneth Smith, The Pacific Lumber Company.

The new directors and alternates were elected at the annual meeting of the California Redwood Association's stockholders, and this new board has chosen the nerv officers to serve for the coming year.

R. R. Macartney Elected President

Washington, D.C., Nov. 14-The National Lumber Manufacturers Association today elected Ralph R. N{acartney as president and John B. Veach as chairman of the board of directors for 1953.

Macartney, manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, at Klamath Falls, Ore., served as first vice president of NLMA during the past twelve months. Veach, president of the Hardwood Corporation of America, Asheville, N. C.. was president of NLM A in 1952

J.R. Bemis, president of the Ozan Lumber Company, Prescott, Ark., was named first vice president of NLMA, succeeding Macartney.

The new' officers were elected at the conclusion of NLMA's 1952 annual meeting Nov. 1l-14, in Washington, D. C.

Pi Bliss of the Anderson-Hanson Company, Studio Cit)', spent a few days in Sacramento where he called on the Winton Lumber Sales Company. He was accompanied by his wife, Connie.

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Christmas Pudding

Take some human nature as you find it, The commonest variety will do; Put a little graciousness behind it, Add a lump of charity or two.

Squeeze injust a drop of moderation, Half as much frugality or less; Add some very fine consideration, Strain off all of poverty's distress,

Pour some milk of human kindness in it, Put in all the happiness you can; Stir it up with laughter every minute, Season with goodwill toward every man.

Set it on the fire of heart's affections, Leave it till the jolly bubbles rise; Sprinkle it with kisses for confection, Sweeten with a look of loving eyes.

Flavor it with children's merry chatter, Frost it with the snow of wintry dells; Place it on a holly-garnished platter, Serve it with the song of Christmas bells.

The Tongue

Not the tongue in your shoe, nor the tongue in the lowly qragon, but the tongue in your mouth is the thing I want to talk about. The human tongue starts more trouble than friends or finance can stop. It is the tool that can do more harrn in a day than you can correct in many years. Lincoln said littlc, and Grant less; Washingion talked only when necessar)', and Coolidge was as silent as a steam calliope with a broken boiler. The more men talk, the less time they have to think, and the less time others have to think. If you are a great talker, you are not a great thinker. Listen to yourself and get your own weights and measures.-The Silent Partner.

Tolstoi on Men

"Men are like rivers; the water is the same in each, and alike in a-ll; but every river is narrow here, is more rapid there, here slower, there broader, now clear, now cold, now dull, now warm."

Colored Trouble

"Why, hey dere Prunella, how you comin' dese days?.

"I'se jes' tollable pol'y, thankee. I'se had de scarlet fe_ vah, de pink eye, an' de yallah jandis. f'se had a reg,lar rainbow o' troubles."

The Everglcrdes

Don't fool yourself by thinking that Florida is only a playground for tourists. Just one section, the Everglades, is larger than the combined areas of Connecticut, Delalyare, and New Jersey.

Much of the four and a half million acres is rich, organic muck, capable of producing a crop in sixty days. In the first half of the twentieth century mofe than fifty million dollars has been spent on drainage of the Everglades alone.

One section of it will not be developed into farm lands. The Everglades National Park will be kept as a wilderness, a refuge for birds and animals. Development throws nature out of balance and causes many living things to disappear. In half a day"you can go from the luxury hotels of Palm Beach and Miami to the wildest rough country, where there are only a handful of humans within hundreds of miles. Thousands of acres are still unsurveyed.-"The Vagabond.':

Describing A Mcrple

Away back in the year 1663, one Robert Boyle wrote the following description of the Maple tree:

"There is in some parts of New York a kind of tree whose juice that weeps out of its incisions, if it be permitted slowly to exhale away the excess moisture, doth congeal into a sweet and saccharine substance, and the like was confirmed to me by the agent to the great and populous colony of Massachusetts."

Blase Perhcrps

Mama Owl: "I'm worried about Junior."

Papa Owl: "What's the trouble?"

Mama Owl: "IIe doesn't seem to give a hoot about anything."

II You Stcnd Very Still

By Patience Strong, London.

If you stand very still in the heart of a wood, You will hear many wonderful thingsThe snap of a twig and the wind in the trees, And the whir of invisible wings.

If you stand very stillin the turmoil of life, And you wait for the voice from within, Yorr'Il be led down the ways of wisdom and peace, In a mad world of chaos and din.

If you stand very still, and you hold to your faith, You will get all the help that you ask; You will draw from the Silence the things that you need, Hope and Courage and Strength for your task.

Philippine Mahogany Market Active

According to Walter Scrim, for the past trventy years president of the Philippine Mahogany Association, and one of the pioneer importers and distributors of Philippine hardwoods, the present acute shortage of Philippine Mahogany promises to correct itself in the near future.

The current scarcity results from a constant and rapid increase in demand, coupled with seriously restricted production Cue to the series of typhoons and subsequent terribly bad rveatl-rer that have visited the Philippines during recent months.

The productive capacity of the Island sau'mills is increasing rapidly, both through expansion of facilities in existing mills and by the addition of important nerv producing units. This greatly augmented supply should be sufficient to satisfy even the spectacular increase in demand, were it not for the loss of production due to u'eather conditions, says Mr. Scrim.

Even though Philippine Mahogany imports rvere entirely suspended for nearly seven years during the war and reconstruction period, it is interesting to note that demand for the fine cabinet woods of the Philippines has already exceeded the peak of prewar volume. It was thought that it would take many years to reestablish the position of

Philippine Mahogany in the American market after the long period that it was entirely unavailable, but it is apparent that furniture manufacturers, boat builders, milhvork producers, cabinet makers, church furniture manufacturers, architects, builders and home owners were eagerly awaiting the return of the splendid tropical hardwoods of the Philippines, u'ith their fine texture, high grades, exceptional widths and lengths, color and beauty.

Fortunately the Philippine Islands possess the largest virgin stand of fine hardrvoods in the world today, which means that the problem of supply is only one of manufacturing capacity and never one of available natural resources, r;nd Mr. Scrim says the Philippine Mahogany industry, both in the United States and in the Islands, proposes to match the production to the demand. He also pledges that the Philippine Mahogany Association in this country in cooperation 'ivith the Philippine Lumber Producers Association in the Islands will continue their active advertising and educational programs to the end that Philippinc Mahogany may become more widely knorvn and more readily available for a multitude of purposes, even though the demand today is temporarily in excess of supply.

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View ol typiccl Philippine mchogcny loregt. Trees cre strcighl cnd tqll, cnd exceptionolly tee ol brqnches. The size ol these lrees ocles it possible lo produce lumber oI 6ne lengths cnd widths.

The exceplioncl productivity ol tbese vqsl loregts mcke logging

cnd milling ona oI the Island's lcrgest induetriee. Some 400 mills cre currently in operciion.

4. Thoroughly troined native operators qnd modern equipment combine lo produce line lumber,

How Lrumber Irooks

Portland, Oregon, Nov. l8-West Coast woods are the r nation's most sought after lumber species, reports Harris E. Smith, secretary, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, who said this region shipped more lumber in the first ten months ol 1952 than for any like period.

Well over a third of all softwood lumber used in America comes from this region west of the Cascade mountains, Smith said. For the first ten months the Douglas fir region shipped 8,781,085,000 board feet, up ten million over last year's record highs. The same mills produced 8,813,783,000 board feet and took orders for 8.635.138.000 feet. the lumber leader pointed out.

Smith predicted Douglas fir mills would intensify selling efforts nationally next vear in an effort to maintain high production in face of expected tougher competitive conditions.

The weekly average of West Coast Lumber production in October was 208,120,000 b.f. or 111.2/o of the 1947-195I average. Orders averaged 199,815,000 b.f.; shipments 204,896,000 b.f. Weekly averages for September were: Production 226,053,000* b.f. ; Qn.7/o of the 1947-1951 average) ; orders 206,825,0m* b.f.; shipments 233,820,000* b.f.

Ten months of 1952 cumulative production 8,813,783,000 b.f. ; ten months of 1951, 8,843,901,000 b.f.; ten months of 1950, 8,414,496,000 b.f.

Orders for ten months of 1952 breakdown as follows: Rail and truck 6,231,256,000* b.f.; domestic cargo 1,789,301,000* b.f.; export 186,423,000* b.f.; local 428,158,000* b.f.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 757,978,W b.f. at the end of October, gross stocks at 992,416,000 b.f.

*Adjusted to last information available.

I-urnber shipments of 465 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 3.2 per cent below production for the week ended November 8, 1952. In the same vi'eek new orders of these mills were 6.2 per cent below production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted

Timber lnvestments Promise Good Returns

Washington, D.C.-Investment in timber promises lucrative returnsand offers inve'stors a prospective hedge against inflation, A. Z. Nelson, well-known private forest consultant, advised today.

Mr. Nelson said more and more people are finding timber a new, relatively safe and profitable field in which to invest their money. fnvestors have a choice, he pointed out, of putting their money directly into tirnberland or into the securities of paper and pulp, lumber and plywood companies.

J'Money invested in timber draws interest," Mr. Nelson explained, "through annual wood growth and serves as an inflation hedge. fnvestors in timberland seem almost certain to profit from the long-term upward price trend."

Mr. Nelson said the prices of standing timber have jumped from two to ten times in the last 12 years. He

to 35'per cent of stocks. For the repouting softwood mills, unfilled orders were equivalent to 19 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 52 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments oi reporting identical mills were 3.6 per cent above production; orders were 1.7 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 19351939, production of reporting mills was 61.6 per cent above; shipments were 74.7 per cent above; rtew orders were 69.1 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1951, production of reporting mills was 2.O per cent above; shipments were 0.7 per cent above; and new orders were 4.0 per cent above.

The Western vember l, 107 feet. shipments feet. Orders on 152,000 feet.

Pine Association for the week ended Nomills reporting, gave c'rders as 65,147,000 72,574,W feet. and production 78,343,m0 hand at the end of the week totaled 191,-

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November 8, 96 units (124 mills) reporting, gave orders as 17,062.000 feet, shipments 17,6?A,000 feet, and production 19.275.000 feet. Orders on hand at ttre end of the week totaled 51.303.000 feet.

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The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 1, 199 mills reoorting--179 mills operating, gave orders as 113,860,000 feet. shipmcnts t22,436,00O feet, and production 133,873,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 455,080,000 feet.

For the week ended November 8, these same mills reported orders as 1?f,.,221,ffiO feet, shipments 133,560,000 feet, and production 131,118,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end t-rf the week totaled 449,741,W IeeL

predicted that these prices will never again drop to the "give-away" levels of the 1929 depression because of the many production costs involved in the value of standing timber.

The veteran forestry expert said the opportunities for a profitable return on timber investments have been increased by: (1) favorable tax treatment; (2) the high demand for lumber, newsprint, rayon, plastics, paperboard and similar forest products; (3) more efficient cutting and replanting methods; and (4) improved fire and insect prevention programs.

Mr. Nelson suggested that investors interested in buying timber securities determine:

l. How well the company is set up to getthe most product-wise from each tree.

2. How much timberland is owned by the company and how well it is managed.

Joshucr Decnnin

G. C. (Ted) Hoyt

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Meeting

With the California-Stanford football game scheduled for November 2,, the November 17th meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 held at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, rvas designated as "Big Game Night." The speakers were Ed Welsh, former California backfield great and Assistant Athletic Director at IJ. C., and Don Burne'ss, former Stanford basketball star and all-around athlete.

A film of one of the recent big games was also shown. It was a great night for football enthusiasts, and the program was enjoyed by a large turnout. President Al Kelley presided at the after-dinner activities.

A carload of Douglas fir Christmas trees contains about 4,000 trees.

Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks

The Industrial Lumbermen's Club of Southern California will hold its annual Hi-Jinks Friday evening,- December 5, at the Industry Club, 5944 Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles. Mr. Bob Ringer will be the speaker of the evening.

The Club ofifrcers are Roy Stanton Jr., E. J. Stanton & Son, president; Charles M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., vice president, and Don Braley, United States Plywood Corp., secretary-treasurer.

Floyd Hart, Timber Products Company of Medford, Ore., was a recent visitor to Los Angeles where he visited with Forest Products Sales Company and Ray Hill Lumber Company.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Will Hold Christmas Party December 17

The annual Chtistmas Party of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held in the Leamington Bowl, Oakland, Wednesday evening. December 17.

CRA REDWOOD

Twenty-five children will be entertained by the Club. There rvill be a Christmas tree, turkey dinner, and presents for each child will be distributed by Santa Claus. There will be musical and other suitable entertainment for the children.

President Al Kelley will preside at the meeting. Tickets can be obtained from members of the Committee.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 Christmas Party December 18

You con count on CRA Redwood for top periormon.e on the iobfor durobility, stobility ond pointobility. You cqn counl on CRA Redwood for uniform quolilS{or qccutole groding, uniform milling, proper seosoning. And yoq con count on CRA Redwood for sure, profffoble soles. Thofs why it poys to feofure only CRA Redwood-the g rode'morked, lrode' morked Certified Dry Redwood, processed by $e repunoble member firms of the

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 rvill hold its annual Christmas Party in the Rose Room of the Palace Flotel, Thursday noon, December 18.

Harold Meyer's San Francisco Boys Club, a group of fifty boys and girls, will be entertained. There will be a Christmas tree, turkey dinner, prdsents for the youngsters, and entertainment. Tickets can be obtained from members of the Committee.

James B. Roger, general manager of the Aborigine Lumber Company. Longview, Washington made a quick trip to California to visit their millatFort Bragg as well as their office in San Francisco under the management of Jack Tarason.

Simpson tagging Go Warm Springs Rodwood Co. Willits Redwood Products Co.

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This is but one of ten ftne softwoods from member mills of lhe Wesiern Pine Associotion. All ore monufoctured, seosoned ond groded to exocting Associof ion stondords. lumber deo lers, builders, orchilects ond wood users hove found fiem dependoble ond best for mony conslrucfion uses.

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On "Leave lor Study" with Weyerhaeuser

Forestry Reseasch Department

Centralia, Wash., Oct. 29-Dr. Michael Afanasiev, forestry professor at Oklahoma A & M college, is spending a three and onehalf month "leave for study" with Weyerhaeuser Timber company's forestry research department here.

The likeable 53-year-old professor will work for Weyerhaeuser until December 1, when he will return to the Oklahoma school and resume research activities and teaching forestry courses in mensuration (forest measurements) and seeding and l)Iantlng.

Afanasrev. who has been with Oklahoma A & M for 14 years, is enthusiastic about his present opportunity to visit and work in the Pacific Northwest and observe forestry and logging activities. Although he spends considerable time in the Centralia research offices, he gets plenty of outside work, too, recently spending two weeks at the

company's Millicoma tree farm near Coos Bay, Oregon. He plans to see all the forestry he can before returning to Oklahoma and has been spending weekends visiting experimental forests and forest nurseries.

"It is good for teachers to work in the field as much as possible," says Afanasiev. "In this way we keep up with techniques and methods-remain close to practical forestry."

The professor has visited and worked in many forest areas in the U. S. and has this to say about Weyerhaeuser and the Pacific Northwest: "Everything is on a bigger scale out here. Weyerhaeuser Timber company is doing a splendid job in practical forestry and forestry researchand this isvery important with the variety of problems that foresters are facing today."

A 1933 grad'r*ate of Cornellrrniversity, Afanasiev majored in forestry and, after 3 years of graduate work, received his PhD. in that subject. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters and Sigma Xi, honorary research society.

Christmas tree harvest states from the Atlantic of North Dakota.

is big business in all the northern to the Pacific with the exception

T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumbcr Merchant Dec. 1,1927

H. W. Gaetjen, Empire Planing Mill, San Francisco, was elected president of theMillwork Institute of California at the annual convention held at the Oakland Hctel, C)akland, on November 17-18. Other officers elected were

A. W. Bernhauer, Fresno Planing Mill. first vice president; C. I. Speer, Zenith Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland, second vice president; A. E. Nicholson, Pacific Door & Sash Co., Los Angeles, treasurer; H. T. Didesch. Los Angeles, managing director.

C. C. Stibich was appointed sales manager for the San Francisco Bay Distri'ct and Coast Counties territory for the Pickering Lumber Co., San Francisco. He rvas formerly associated with Frederic S. Palmer. San Francisco oine wholesaler.

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 met at the Leamington Hotel, C)akland, on November 18. I\{ilt Henderson presided at the meeting. A large delegation from the California Millwork Institute, who were meeting in Oakland, attended the meeting.

Old Bros. Lumber Co., Winslow, opening of their new of6ce and store equipped new mill and cabinet shop, of cabinet work.

40x 100 feet which doubled their shed capacitv.

Los :\ngeles lfoo-Hoo Club plans to entertain about 400 children at their annual Christmas Party that will be held on December 22. A. L. "Gus" Hoover will act as chairman of the Christmas Party Committee.

Paul n{. appointed trict.

P. Merner, Merner vicegerent snark cf Lumber Co., Palo Alto, was the Peninsula Hoo-Hoo Dis-

The Valley Lumber Company reported a large crowd attended the opening of their nerv offices and display rooms at El Centro. The offices are finished in Philippine Mahogany.

J. D. Halstead Lumber Co. started ii new yard at Flagstaff, Arizona.

Prescott Brick & Sanger l-umber Co. Lumber Co. of Fresno purchased at Sanger. the

Plarrs were under way by the Tom McCann Hoo-Hoo Club to hold a New Year's eve dance at McCloud, Calif. At the November 7th meeting, the Playgrounds Committee announced that all the eqtripment had been installed at the Municipal Playgrounds, a large part of the funds being supplied by the Club. The Gustine Lumber Co.. Gustine. built a new shed

Ariz., held a formal building. Their well turns out all kinds

Lumber Outlook

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rigid terms of Regulation X can be reimposed if the sea. sooally-adjus.ted "-annual rate of starts exceeds 1,200,000 units for three successive months. The present authority for Regulation X does not expire until next June 30.

The defense demand for lumber is expected to hold up rvell next year and may improve. This prospect is linked to indications that military expenditures may increase.

A sustaining influence on defense lumber demand will be the progress made in encouraging the alternate use of lumber and wood products for steel and other critical materials.

An early end to the Korean war vvould not appreciably affect the defense demand for lumber, since the nation is committed to a continued rearmament program. Co.ngress rvill decide-through budget appropriations-the pace at which defense objectives will be pursued during fiscal 1954 beginning next July 1, butlittle change from the present program is anticipated.

Sufficient contract authority and unexpended funds are available outside the new budget to insure a high level of defense spending next year. There is every reason to believe that the military establishment will continue to require substantial amounts of lumber for construction projects, ships, planes, crating, and various weapons.

f n the civilian picture, commercial, recreational and amusement building probably will rise as the rigid controls which held down their construction are eased. At this writing, such action was slated for May 1, possibly earlier. The speed rvith which the supply of steel, copper and aluminum improves will have a decisive influence here.

Some quarters expect industrial construction to fall slightly below this year's level. An offsetting factor may be the construction of non-defense plants which up to norv have been deferred.

Although a general easing of inflationary pressures is anticipated next year, lumbermen probably will find their operating costs up slightly. This appears likely to result from the recent increases which the government allowed in prices of metal products such as salvs, trucks and heavy equipment. Labor, too, will be relentless in its push for higher wages.

Any analysis of lumber prospects for the year ahead must also note the growing importance of such innovations as Milpak, lamination, and related developments in wood technology.

The progress made along these lines has been encouraging and sufficient to dispute the assertion, sometimes voiced, that 12 years of relative prosperity have dulled the lumberman's incentive to seek new markets and to improve his relations with the public.

A different challenge is posed by the rapid growth of competitive industries. Well-planned action and persistent alertness to opportunities will be necessary to maintain present markets, to recapture lost outlets and to gain nevi. customers.

An equal amount of vigilance is called for if the lumber_ _ man is to avoid being swamped in a sea of unnecessary go\rernment controls.

There is cause for both optimism and pessimism as the lumberman views the calendar for 1953. But few problems defy solution and patient attention can help to ease even the most difficult.

This rugged intlividualist, the American lumberman, also has a "secret weapon" over his competitor. His product has greater versatility and gives customers more value per dollar than any other building material marketed.

Names Assistant Advertising Manager

The appointment of John J. Hickey as assistant advertising manager of Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company has been announced by Graham Rohrer, director of Specialty Sales and Advertising.

Mr. Hickey comes to Georgia-Pacific with broad experience in advertising and sales promotion. Since t947 he has been associated with National Gypsum Company in Buffalo as advertising manager of fiberboard insulation products for one year, then as advertising manager for gypsum wallboards and allied products for three years. More recently he served as National Gypsum's advertising and sales promotion manager in the entire paint products division.

Prior to joining National Gypsum, Mr. Hickey was with the advertising department of Mathieson Chemical Corporation. He was graduated from Michigan State College in 1945.

By Ed Nofziger

.'JOE BEAVER"

Forest Service, U. S. Department of A.griculture "Shucks! This job is o pushover!"

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WE LIKE TO SAY "THANK YOU" FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF SERVICE AND TO \rISH YOU SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY IN THE DAYS THAT LIE AHEAD MAY YOU ENJOYA MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NE$T YEAR.

California Building Permits lor October

New Roof Construction

men, using the Simpson roof slab roofed 4,500 sq. ft. of area in one day, thus greatly decreasing installation cost.

From the home comfort standpoint, the roof slab efiectively reduces heat transfer in either direction. It does not store up heat in the summer, meaning a cooler interior during the day and a quicker cooling of the home at night. During the .ivinter it conserves heat and reduces fuel cost. It also reduces sound reverberation, making rooms more quiet and comfortable.

The roof slab is manufactured in standard thicknesses of 7,1",7', and 3''. The standard panel size is2 feet wide by 8 feet long. Long edges have a tongue-and-groove joint and the short edges, which rest on framing members, are square. The exposed under side is finished a pleasing tapestry white finish. Like all Simpson insulation board products, the roof slab is treated with Biotox as protection against rot, termites, mildew and decay.

General sales offices of the Simpson Logging Company are located in the Stuart Building, Seattle, Washington.

Seattle-A newroof construction has been originated and developed by Simpson Logging Company, and after three years of job-testing, has created a widespread demand in the building field.

The product, called "new," but tested for 36 months on more than J000 homes, is Simpson insulating roof slab. It is composed of multiple layers of one-half inch insulating building board laminated to form a water-resistant, light-weight material.

The new roof slab is a three-in-one product; it provides a durable stout roof deck; provides an interior ceiling finish when applied over exposed beams, and provides insulation in summer and winter.

To Paul D. Close, Simpson's nationally knorvn insulation authority, author of "Building Insulation" and former technical secretary of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating E,ngineers and of the Insulation Board Institute, goes credit for development and perfection of this new roof slab.

Shipments are now being made from Simpson plant at Shelton, Washington, to be used on more than 3,000 homes under construction. The new material is also being installed on new schools and commercial buildings

Another important use of the neu' roof slab is that the manufacturer has made it available with the exposed surface perforated to provide an emcient sound absorption. This has caught the attention of many architects and commercial builders who are specifying it for schools and commercial buildings.

Simpson insulating roof slab is used on flat, pitched or mono-slope roofs. It is covered with conventional types of roofing such as mineral-surfaced built-up roofing mopped in hot asphalt. The new roof slab as at present developed is recommended for use only in areas with moderate winter temperatures, namely where the average January temperature is above 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

One of the most important features of this new type of roof construction is that the roof goes up quickly, thereby cutting laboq costs. One tract builder stated that four rvork-

Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Will Have Christmas Meeting

The next meeting of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes, Club No. l. Los Angeles, will be held on December 8, 6:D p.M., at Rodger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles, at which time a group of newcomers will be initiated Christmas will be the theme of the evening, although this will not be a Christmas party in the usual sense of gift giving to each other. It has been proposed that each member donate fifty cents, or more if they wish, to a fund to be used to help brighten the Christmas of some of our lumber industry friends who, through illness or adversity, may not be having a very joyous season.

The November meeting, held at Rodger Young Auditorium, with new president Evelyn Fryrear, Hammond Lumber Company, presiding, was well attended. Speaker of the evening was Wanda Gersh, Personnel Department of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., whose subject 'n.as "Women At Work." Miss Gersh is Program Chairman of the Sunset District of the Los Angeles Business & Professional Women's Club

I.ynn Martin. The Phipps Co., was rvelcc-rmed back after recovering from an attack of polio Fran,cis Robinson, San Pedro Lumber Co. is also hack on the active list after an accident.

Note to slow-pokes who have not yet paid their dueschecks may be made payable to Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Club No. 1 -$2.99 is the amount.

Ocklcnd Hoo-Hoo Club Educctioncrl Progrcrm

November courses of the adult education department of the Oakland school system on lumber retailing, sponsored by the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club, covered the subject of insulation boards by Lew Kremmerow of the Masonite Corp. and estimating practices by Herman Kinney of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., Oakland. This educational work has been handled by Tom Jacobson, and held at the l\{erritt Business College.

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Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Inc., Los Angeles, returned the middle of November from a two weeks' visit to the company's Arcata office.

John Hanson of the Anderson-Hahson Company, Studio City, just returned from a trip through Arizona and Southern California calling on the retail dealers in that area.

Ed Fountain, Ed made a trip to the tober. While there deer hunting.

Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, mills in Southern Oregon during Oche took the opportunity to do a little

Elmer Frutchey, Los-Cal Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent the fir'st week-end in November fishing at Lake Mead.

Bill South has been appointed Lumber Co. Los Angeles sales the company for a long period, of the Compton branch yard.

manager of the San Pedro office. Bill has been with and was formerly manager

Roy Johnson, Sun cation in Mexico. Lumber Co.,,Van Nuys, spent his \ra-

Sterling Stofle, Western Angeles, has returned from Hardwood Lumber Co., Lcs a trip to New York City. Los Angeles, spent business.

Robert Bodkin, E. J. Stanton & Son, several days in the North on company

D, C. Anderson, Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Eureka, Calif., and Mrs. Anderson, were recent Los Angeles visitors.

Bocrrd ol Directors Meeting

The California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association held a meeting of the board of directors at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Monday, November 10. Members, in addition to the board of directors, were in attendance. President Charlie Doe presided at the meeting. Problems in relation to accident prevention in the industry were discussed. The time was opportune as it was during the Pacific Logging Congress and there were many members in San Francisco. Later the members and guests held a dinner at the Palace Hotel. D. N. Edwards is secretary of the Association.

Tqkes Over Lumber Yard

George Kewin, formerly of the United Lumber Company of Modesto has taken over the Parkell Lumber Company of Walnut Creek. Besides lumber he carries a line of builders material and hardware.

Liquidctes Compcrny

Joe Rogers, Square Deal Lumber Company at Salinas has been liquidated. Rogers plans to concentrate on home construction in the San lose area.

R. H. McKannay of Mar-Mac Lumber Company, San Fran,cisco recently went duck hunting at Tule lake and he said, "he never had it so good." Hunting in the region has been the best in seven or eight years. He brought down the limit every day he was there, and his stay was not just over night. He visited a friend's ranch near the lake.

AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN NORWAY

u;here I uas born and raised, ue alutays placed. sbeals ol grain otdsiAe tbe uindou's lor tbe bardy sparrouts, the on\ biils tbat d.id. no, migrate lrom tbat drrstere climate, Out in tbe coantry lbey also placed a large utooden boutl of portidge in tbe barn for "lule Nissen," the Cbistmas spirit, pictured. ds d !er! small man utitb a utbite beard, utearing red. clotbes and a red. Anitted, rasseled cap, Also itt eoery u:ind.out tbere barned a candle to ligbt the utay for friends and utalfaring srrdngels.

Tbis year, as et)er! year, in osr bome in Long Beacb, all Cbristmas nigbt long, candles ate btrned in tbe utindous for YOU. Tbe candles taill be seen by bil feu: ol you, so throtgb this little story ute utisb our many lriends and. latue lriends

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By \flm. F. Montsomery Santa Ana, Calilornia

(Mr. Montgomery found this article in his scrdp book, which wos written in 1929. He is uncertain whether it made itsappearance in print, but if so, it would now have d n€w list of readers.)

When I first came to I-os Angeles, 45 years ago, there were eight lumber companies located here. First came the J. M. Griffith Company located .on Alameda Street, just north of the present Kerckhoff yard. This yard was one of the two original yards established here during the 60's, Mr. Griffith previously having operated a stage line from Wilmington. They also operated branch yards at drfferent towns in what is now Orange County. ,The business was under the direct management of Mr: J. M. Griffith assisted at different times by his five sons, only two of whom I believe, Fred and Bob, are now living. Mr. Nichols of the Credit Men's Association was bookkeeper at that time. Mr. Griffith was something of a martinette, was a business man of undoubted integrity and was highly regarded by the lumber dealers. He conducted the business until his dtlath about 25 years ago, and as his sons did not seem to care to continue it, it was liquidated, the yards in Orange County being taken over by the Bowers interests.

Next came the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Company which moved to their present location in 1879 and have operated continuously at this location since that time, establishing a record as the only yard operating on their original location at the present time. The business was in charge of Mr. James Cuzner and Mr. W. G. Kerckhoff, Mr..Robert Cuzner being located at the Pomona yard. This company also operated a number of branch yards in the San Gabriel valley.

Mr. Kerckhoff afterwards retired to take up hydro-electric development and Mr. Cuzner also became the "grand old man" of the California Club, and Mr. Robert Cuzner took active management which he has retained to this date assisted by younger members of the two families.

A short distance north on Alameda Street the Reardon Company of Flagstaff, Arizona, operated a small yard in an endeavor to find an outlet for their common lumber. This venture however did not pan out well and was discontinued after about a year's operation.

Next came the old W. H. Perry Company yard located on Commercial Street near Alameda, Mr. Perry having graduated from operating a carpenter and coffin shop in the early 60's and branched out into the lumber business.

Mr. Perry and Mr. Mott were identified with the business which was under the active management of Mr. W. A. N{or-

gan, a very competent and aggressive young Englishman and they were active factors in the business for a good many years, until the death of Mr. Morgan about twenty years ago when the business was liquidated, there beitrg'no young blood in the family to continue it. This company also operated a number of branch yards in what is now San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

The C. Ganahl Company was located on First Street, corner of Alameda. I will leave the history of their operations for the moment and pass on to the Davies Henderson Lumber Co. located on First Street nearly across from the Ganahl yard. This yard was started about the year 1885 by Mr. Davies, a capitalist from Topeka, Kansas, and uncle to Ed and Will Davies, afterwards prominent in lumber circles. Associated with him were C. F. Smurr of Cass & Smurr, and Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Marshall who afterwards established the California Hardware Co. This company did a large and successful business for about ten years, being finally taken over by the L. W. Blinn Company.

Next came the yard located in an orange grove on Fifth and San Pedro, operating under the ambitious title of Los Angeles Storage, Commission, and Lumber Company, under the management of Mr. Horace Hiller. This yard had been started under the joint ownership of the Griffith-KerckhoffPerry interest to offset the second grade material. They also dealt in lime and cement which was stored in the old Santa Monica railroad depot building on the premises, and at the time of my arrival Mr. L. E. Beyhmer, future impressario was salesman in the warehouse, loading and unloading barrels of lime and cement.

The business was afterwards acquired by Thos. Vigus, Sid Hiller and Captain Skinner, operated under the name of the L. A. Lumber Company. They in turn sold to the South West Lumber Co. which was owned by the Perry-Nelson interests, with L. W. Blinn as manager. He was succeeded by t\Ir. W. T. Wheatley and the operation was continued until about the year 1910 when the South \Mestern Lumber Co. was combined with the Nofziger ,Lumber Co. who operated a yard on the corner of Eighth and Main streets, under the name of the Consolidated Lumber Co. This was the inception of the Consolidated Lumber Co. who have been a large factor in both wholesale and retail operations since that date. The South Western yard was disposed of to the Montgomery & Mullen Lumber Co. about 1910 who operated it until about 1918 when it was sold to the Patten & Davies Lumber Co. who still occupy a portion of the yard at the present time.

The writer worked as a day laborer for a short time in 1885 in this yard and therefore had the novel experience of 25 years later acquiring ownership of the business in which he had worked in a menial capacity.

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enth, was the T. Walsh Company with Mr. Gillas A. Clark as manager and Charlie Humphreys as bookkeeper. They afterwards acquired the yard and operated it during the boom days under the name of Clark & Humphreys. Mr. Clark, a fiery young frishman, was a very aggressive individual and the cause of much grief to the other lumber dealers. For some reason the business languished and was liquidated. Charles Humphreys took a position with the Ganahl Lumber Co. which he still retains, I believe, and was indeed a pioneer in the lumber business here with a record of continuous service of nearly 50 years. Mr. Clark was associated with ex-mayor Bryson operating under the name of Clark & Bryson, but I believe lost his money in mining ventures and spent his last days in clerkship in the court house.

I will now revert back to the Ganahl Lumber Company whose employ I entered in the spring of 1885 as bookkeeper and afterwards as manager of the main yard until the fall of 1888. Mr. C. Ganahl recently purchased the yard from John Bryson, ex-Mayor, and owner of the Bryson Building, who had established it about 1883. The business was in charge of Mr. Schallert, a cousin to Mr. Ganahl who had just arrived from St. Louis and purchased an interest. Mr. Schallert was the father of Edwin Schallert, theatrical critic on the "Times" and his widow is still living in Los Angeles. The only one of the Ganahl boys at that time was Mr. Ed Ganahl who was yard salesman. His brother Joe was still in St. Louis and his half-brothers, Connie and Jean, being respectively a baby in arms and a youth of ten.

AfterMr. Schallert's death about 1895. Mr. Christian Ganahl took over the business which has continued with the same ownership but in different locations to the present time.

Quite a number of men prominent in lumber circles have graduated from the Ganahl business.

My successor as bookkeeper was Frank E. Walsh the insurance man and my successor as manager was Mr. Driscoll, a very active man who afterwards became manager of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Co. and died many years ago.

Mr. Boerstler who afterwards established the California Box Co. succeeded Mr. Driscoll, and Mr. Chas. Lynch also started his lumber career with them.

Upon my return to Los Angeles from my Eastern experiences, I found quite a few changes had occurred during my three years' absence, a number of new yards starting, and some of the older ones discontinued. The Stimpson Mill Co. had established a large yard on East Third Street in charge of Mr. Ezra Stimpson, the first manager being Mr. Clark who was succeeded by Jesse Ives, a very energetic man who was in charge of the Stimpson Mill at Seattle after the yard here was closed up. He became blind but was in active charge of the mill for a good many years before he died.

The Wilmette Lumber Co. had established a yard at Redondo and also in Los Angeles. Later on fnman, Paulson & Co. established a yard, which was afterwards sold to the Blinn Robinson Company and discontinued later.

About the year 1890 Mi. L. W. Blinn made his first appearance in Los Angeles, having come from Tombstone, Arizona, where he had operated a yard owned by the Hooper interests until the town collapsed. Mr. Blinn took the position as manager of the San Pedro Lumber Company vacated by Mr. Merrick Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was for many years manager of this company and was recognized as probably the leading man in the lumber industry in Southern California, and it had created something of a sensation when he was deposed by Mr. Frank Hooper, his stock taken over, and he sank into comparative obscurity.

Mr. Blinn was also manager of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, owned by the Hooper interests, who had acquired the Davies Henderson Lumber Company and operated a yard on Third Street near San Pedro. Mr. Blinn was the leading figure in the lumber industry here for a great many years, until his final retirement. He severed his connection with the Hooper interests after a time, Mr. Driscoll succeeding him as manager of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, and Mr. T. L. Ely, manager of the San Pedro Co. which position he still occupies. Mr. Blinn afterwards organized the South Western Lumber Co. and the Blinn Robinson Co. and later on operated a mill on the Columbia River. He died a few months ago, his obituary appearing in this journal.

Among my early customers was Mr. Perry Whiting of the Whiting & Mead Company. Perry started as a small contractor and got his start by taking a contract to wreck the old lVlethodist Church on Broadway. .He needed a place to pile his second hand lumber and was lucky enough to purchase a piece of property in the rear of the Pacific Electric building where he started his second hand. lumber business. I supplied him with shingles and flooring in car load lots and also sold him material on his contracts. Mr. Huntington wanted his property for extra trackage and he sold it to him at a good price and this started him on the road to success.

Mr. E. J. Stanton was my only competitor when I first started in business, coming here from Williams, Arizona, and selling lumber and building materials, and making a specialty of yellow and sugar pine, and hardwoods.

He pursued a very successful policy of taking the exclusive agency for the best mills and this made it sometimes hard for me to secure stock. He had, I believe, some capital at the start and forged rapidly ahead, developing a fine business which is now operated by his son Roy.

I could pursue these reminiscences indefinitely, but space is limited and I will close by saying that it was the policy of the Montgomery Mullen Lumber Company to conduct business on an ethical basis, only establishing branch yards where they appeared to be needed and without infringing on our competitors, and I trust that we have left a record similar to that of the old stand-bys Kerckhoff-Cuzner and Ganahl Lumber Company, who had the confidence and esteem of the other lumber dealers for their high standards of business ethics.

Construction Activity in Octob er 1952

Expenditures for new construction in October declined slightly from $3.1 billion to $3.0 billion, according to preliminary estimates of the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Building Materials Division of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The September-October decline was somewhat less than expected for this time of year largely because private building construction held about even with the September dollar volume. October marked the fifth successive month in which total dollar outlay for new construction was 5 per 'cent or more above the year-ago monthly total.

Both private and public construction expenditures declined less than seasonally this October to totals of $1,982 million and $1,025 million, respectively. In the private sector, residential building remained steady atjust above the billion-dollar level, and among the various types of non-residential building construction, school, church, commercial and industrial building rose somewhat. Publicutility construction was down by 5 per cent from September mainly because of declines in new work in the electric light, power, and gas utility group.

For the first 10 months of this year, new construction expenditures totaled $27,025 million, 4 per cent above the amount for the same 1951 period. When adjusted for price changes, however, construction activity was at about the same level for both years.

Private expenditures for new construction have been exceeding the year-ago monthly level since July, and by

the end of October totaled $18,066 million-almost equalling last year's January-October estimate. For the first 10 months of. 1952, the dollar volume of private residential construction alone was slightly in excess of the entire public total. Public expenditures, totaling $8,959 million, were 16 per cent higher this year than last, the rise being influenced largely by increased spending in 1952 for public industrial construction and for military and naval facilities. Expenditures for public industrial construction were 80 per cent higher this year, and for military and navel projects 60 per cent higher, although dollar-outlays on the latter are running at significantly lower levels than published earlier because of extensive downward revisions received from the Corps of Engineers.

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Donover Co., fnc. has opened a Southern California office at 2lL S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. The telephone number is CRestview 4-5103. They will also have a BRadsharv telephone number as soon as available.

W. E. Calhoun, manager, says a cordial invitation is ektended to all our friends to come in and see us.

The company will operate as wholesalers only, and will handle Douglas fir, redwood, white fir, ponderosa pine, sugar pine, Western red cedar and incense cedar, Douglas fir plywood, cedar shingles and shakes.

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Hanrahan Appointed Executive Vice President of AITC

Ward Mayer, president of the American Institute of Timber Construction, Washington, D. C., and general manager of Timber Structures, f nc., Portland, Oregon, has announced the appointment of Frank J. Hanrahan as permanent executive vice president of the AITC. He comes to the Institute from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association where for the past sixteen years he has been chief engineer. T. C; Combs, president of the Arch Rib Truss Corporation, Los Angeles, one of the charter members of AITC, also serves as AITC secretary-treasurer. He temporarily assumed the responsibilities of executive vice president prior to Hanrahan's appointment.

The American Institute of Timber Construction is a technical organization in the important and rapidly growing business of engineered timber construction. It is composed of timber fabricators and allied interests. Individuals. firms, and corporations engaged in, or associated with, the design, fabrication, and erection of engineered structural timber are eligible for membership in some one of the various classes.

The American fnstitute of Timber Construction is fulfilling an important role in assembling and distributing technical data and information on fabricated structural timber, glued laminated structural members, wood assemblies, and timber construction generally. Recommendations conforming to the most advanced, reliable technical findings and information on the best industrial practices in timber will be made available to engineers, architects. and others for their information and assistance. Ward Mayer, president of the Institute has stated, "The need for expansion of activities which the Institute will now be able to undertake has existed for many years. The rasponse to the fnstitute's program is indeed gratifying."

Hanrahan, new AITC executive vice president. is a graduate of Purdue University and a registered civil engineer. He has broad experience and contacts in the engineering design and construction, building, railway, high'rvay, research, teaching, industrial, business, engineering society, and association fields-exceptional qualifications for his new responsibilities. He has been active in the engineering development of glued laminated lumber and standards for the past twenty years.

While with NLMA Hanrahan was r€sponsible for the detailed development of the "National Design Specificationfor Stress-Grade Lumber and Its Fastenings," tvhich is incorporated by reference or otherwise in practically all modern building codes and lumber design specifications. It is rvidely used by government agencies, engineers. teachers, and others as basic design data. ALso, rvhile rvith NLN{A he produced much of its engineering literature.

Among the many tokens of confidence which have been paid him bv his engineering associates were the presidencies of the Engineer's Club of Washington, of the District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, and of the Washington Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Also, he was asked to plan and coordinate the highly-successful two-day Wood

Symposium sponsored jointly by the American Raihn'ay Engineering Association, American Society ofCivil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Society for Testing Materials at the recent Centennial of Engineering Convocation in Chicago.

In addition to President \{ayer, members of the board of directors of AITC are: Vice-president, M. C. Hanisch, Jr., president, Unit Structures, Inc., Peshtigo, Wisconsin; Charles C. Calvert, president, Summerbell Roof Structures, Los Angeles; C. W. Knoll, president, Roof Structures, fnc., Webster Groves, Missouri; and Val Gardner, Miller-Gardner Fabrication Company, Monroe, Oregon. T. C. Combs, president, Arch Rib Truss Corp., Los Angeles, is secretarytreasurer.

Vollstedt Kerr Lumber Co. Opens Sales Office at Long Beach

F. A. Vollstedt, president of The Vollstedt Kerr Lumber Co., announces that a sales office has been opened in Ocean Center Buliding, Long Beach 2, Calif. The telephone irunrber is Long Beach 70-8987, teletypre L,B 8W22. R. J. Reilley, formerly assistant sales manager of The Vollstedt Kerr Lumber Co. at McMinnville, Ore., will be general manager of the Long Beach office, in charge of rail and truck shipments, and W. W. Tobin n'ill manage the cargo departmerrt.

The company will offer a complete service including fir dimension, pine, redwood, and associated species of lurnber and plyr,vood, by rail and truck from California and Pacific Norths'est points. Cargo shipments of lumber will be made from its plant at Crescent City, Calif.

Frank Brown With Helms Lumber Compcrny

Frank Brorvn, well kno'ivn San Francisco Bay district lumberman, has gone into partnership with Stan Helms of Helms Lumber Company, rvhich has been operated as a wholesale lumber business at I f)rumm Street, San Francisco for several years.

The company will continue for the present to operate as the Helms Lumber Company. They rvill handle lumber of Cascade-Pacific Lumber Co. of Portland, and r,vill also be exclusive sales agents for Superior Timber Company's nerv mill at Carlotta, Calif., 'rn'hich 'ivill cut redu'ood, Douglas fir', and \\rhite fir. The phone number is YUkon 2-7066.

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installed at over 100 mills to turn leftover wood into valuable pulp chips. It is estimated that 400,000,000 tons a year is being thus salvaged. That change from whole log to a leftover wood for wood needs by these eleven kraft mills has come about in two short years. It is expected that fully three fourths of this industry's wood needs will come from leftover sources within another two years, running the total of salvaged wood close to 700,000,000 tons a year. Again this means extending the life of our forests.

Some retailers and customers have asked about the available supply of lumber. We have enough standing timber in the Douglas fir region to rebuild every home in America. More to the point, we are growing vast quantities of new timber up here in this rich, rain-drenched timber belt. There will never be a shortage of wood. We expect to be able to maintain the present high volume of timber cut perpetual under our forest management policies which treat our forests as crop land.

A good many millions of dollars is going into research to produce better lumber, more products from wood, and better trees.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association will continue its effective national advertising and promotion campaign. We will distribute more than 2,000,000 pieces of literature this year, much of it full-color.

Again we will feature. the retail lumberman in all advertising and literature. We recognize that the retailer is a major power in the lumber success picture. Heis the man on the firing line who disposes of a considerable portion of the lumber produced in Oregon, Washington and-California.

We are trying to give him the tools he needs and asks for to help him do the best possible job of selling. We will have available a new.issue of free newspaper advertising mats, new full-color literature, new motion pictures suitable for television and private showings, and other merchandise helps.

Every indication points to the most friendly acceptance of our West Coast Woods by retailers, contractors, architects, engineers and home builders. We are proud of these products.

Annual Meeting

The 36th annual meetigg of the Recl Cedar Shingle Bureau will be held at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash., on December 5.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Christmas Party and Golf Tournament Dece mber 12

TheLos Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold its annual Christmas party and golf tournament at the Oakmont Coun. try Club, Glendale, on December 12.

The golf tournament will get under way at 9:59 a.m. Thegolf prizes will include several trophies, and other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the special events. The Christmas Party will be held in the Clubhouse at 7:09 p.m., irnd everybody is asked to bring a Christmas gift which will be given to orphan children. Dinner will be served at 7:D p.m. Ole May has arranged for an excellent entertainment program.

A Christmas gift will be presented to the LeRoy,s Boys Home at LaVerne as in past years. The follorving gifts have been made to the Boys Home : 1947, furnished dormitories with drapes;' 1948, gymnasium equipment ; 1949, 16 millimeter projector set; 1950, 17" television set; and 1951, machinery for machine shop.

A big crowd is expected and everybody is requested to get their reservations in early. Reservations can be made by calling Ole May, Los Angeles, DUnkirk 2-7912.

Appointed Insurqnce Mcncger

Everett Burton Kelley has joined United States plywood Corporation as insurance manager, it was announced.

Mr. Kelley is president of the New york chapter of the National Insurance Buyers Association. In May of this year, he was chairman of the American Management Association insurance conference.

Before coming to the plywood company, NIr. Kelley served for six years as insurance consultant with Ebasco Services Incorporated.

Mr. Kelley began his career in the insurance ltusiness rvhen he joined Electric Bond and Share Company in l9E. Since then, he has been connected with S. B. penick and Company, National Fire Insurance Company, penn-Western Service Corporation, Best Foods Company, and Royal Insurance Company, Ltd.

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Salesman Cooperation"-Earl Hadland. sales manager of Dealers' Sales of Masonite Corporation, talked on ,,IJses and Abuses of Literature and Samples.', ,,point of Sale Advertising" was discussed by W. J. Kluessner, dealer sales manager of United States Gypsum Company.

Other subjects discussed on the panel were ,,Sales to Applicators by Wholesalers" by Clem l,and, sales manager for Jones & Bror,vn-"Manufacturer Assistance in Training Distributor Personnel" by J. D. Fischer, manager of Dealers' Sales of Wood Conversion Company -,.pg3ls1 Meetings" by G. F. Hoppe, sales promotion manager of Insulite and "Manufacturer's Meetings for His Distributors', by J. V. Jones, manager of Buiiding Ntaterial Division of Armstrong Cork Company.

Also on first day's program Robert C. Keck of the law firm of Mcleish Spray Price & Underwood, reviewed "Current Aspects of the Robinson-Patman Act.,' Copies of Mr. Keck's talk are available to persons interested in it, from the NBMDA office, 111 West Washington St., Chicago 2, Illinois.

Over one-hundred persons representing eighty-five buikling material distributors attended the annual meeting of the National Building Material Distributors Association at the I-a Salle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on October l3 and 14. Distributors from twenty-four states were in attendance. Ihis was the first meeting of the Association since its reorganization last year.

The trvo-day convention was opened by John p. Ashton of Des \{oines, Iowa, president of NBMDA, r,vho discussed the current problems facing the building material distributor and the objectives of the Association.

S. M. Van Kirk, general manager of NB\{DA, revierved trade associations in general and the proposed services rvhich NBMDA plan to offer to its members.

The highlight of the first day's meeting r,vas a ,,Building I\{aterial Manufacturerls Panel" composed of execrrtives of leading building material manufacturers. Those participating r,r'ere Wade Hildinger, general sales manager of the National Gypsum Company, who discussed,,l\{anuf:rcturers'

FHA Accepting Applicctions For Positions Availcrble

Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 12-The Federal Housing Ad_ ministration announced today that it is now accepting appli_ cations for the positions of Construction Examiner, Con_ struction fnspector and Appraiser at an annual salary of $5,060. Detailed information and application p.o."kur. are given in Announcement No. 12-68-1 (SZ) copies of which are posted inallfirst and second class post Offices in this area. Further information may be obtained from.: Executive Secretary, Board ofU. S. Civil Service Exam_'iners, Federal Housing Administration, lI2 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles 15, Calif.

Harry L. Judd, Jr., genera! credit manager of the United States Gypsum Company, spoke on ,,Credit and Good Business,"

Featured on the second day's program were J. L. \\rood, assistant treasurer of Johlis-Manville Sales Corporation, rvho discussed "Financial Ratio Analysis for Wholesalers.',

The general program rvas completed with a talk by W. F. Hoadley. economist of Armstrong Cork Compan1,, r,vho presented interesting data on the future trend of building and ways in which the distributor could develop business in 1953.

The afternoon of the second day was devoted to a busi_ ness session which included review of the b1,-larvs for the Association and election of the ofificers for 1953. Officers elected were: President, John P. Ashton, Ashton Wholesale Service. Des l\{oines, fowa; Vice president, Hal Dooley, Dooley Distributing Co., Saginaw, Mich ;Treasurer, Harold Sparks, Lumberyard Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Appointed Mcncrger

Cecil Eckert, an l8-year employee of M and NI Woocl Working Company, has been appointed manager of that company's Portland, Ore., subsidiary, National Tank & Pipe Company, makers of wood tanks and pipe, president Thomas B. Nfalarkey has announced. Eckert has been gen_ eral. superintendent of M and M's Malarkey Flush Door Division in Portland, Ore.

He first joined National Tank and pipe Company in 1923 and was pipe department superintendent there before becoming inyolved in flush door manufacture. As head of the subsidiary he replaced Ray llansen, who has retirecl to go into business for himself.

B_gilding Mqteriql Mcaulcrcturers Pcael, lrrlt to right: I. D. Fischer, Wood Conversion Co., St. Pcul, Minn.; G. F. Hoppe, Insulite C"., Mi"_ necpolis, Minn.; W. G. Hildinger, Nqtional Gypsuh Co,, BuIIclo N. i; Eqrl Hcdlcnd, Mqsonite Corp., Chiccgo, Ilh- i{crold Spcrks, iir-f"r: V_g1d Supg\r Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Iack Dcrshcll, Buildinj S"ppfv ULw", Chiccgo, Ill.; Iohn P. Ashton, Ashton Wholesale Servile, D; M;t"";; Iowq,. W. I. Kluessner, U. S. Gypsum Co., Chiccgo, Ill.; Clem Land, Jones d Brown, Pittsburgb, Pcr,; I. V. Iones, Ar;strong Cork C;., Lcncqster, Pq.

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Pacific Losging Congress

At last month's meeting of the Pacific I.ogging Congress held in San Francisco, Clyde Gorman of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Longview, Washington was elected president. He succeeded Waldron Hyatt of Hammond Lumber Company. Other officers elected were: Roy Gould, Diamond Lumber Company, Glenwood, Oregon, vice president; Robert F. Dwyer, Dwyer Lumber Company, Portland, treasurer, and Corwin A. Wolley of Portland, reelected secretary.

Among the thirty-five men elected as directors lvere four from California: W. S. Wickstrom. Byles-Jamison Lumber Company, Fresno; Roy \Magner, Masonite Company, Ukiah; \Ar. B. Berry. California Forestering, Placerville; and llerbert McMahon, Ralph L. Smith Lumbet Company, Anderson.

Among those who spoke at the opening session rvas Arch Whisnant, veteran former secretary of the Congress and one who attended the first Logging Congress in 1915. He could recall the days when logging problems revolved around the donkey engine, how to build better railroad trestlep, and how to improve the living conditions of the men.in the woods.

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things in which the industry is now interested is t hat to do with lignin, the most important chemical, next to cellulose in a tree. It is the cement that holds the tree together. He further stated that this year the U S. timber interepts will spend ten million dollars in research. There is one logging town in Washington with a population of five thousand, that has ninety Ph.D's trying to find rvays of using every scrap of wood that comes out of the forest. The day of the cheap timber is gone. The country will still h,ave virgin forests, forests that will be standing for generations, but the future of the timber industry lies in managed forests, where trees are systematicallv cut over a period of years.

Herbert W. McMahan of the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Company, Anderson. California, led a day long discussion on transportation. The big problem according to him rvas to transport this vast log harvest from the forests to the mills, with the least inconvenience to the general public, and rvith full consideration of the existing road and higl-r'ivay facilities. The millslook forward to the state and federal government opening up usable roads for trucks in the forest regions, inaccessable today.

One of the most successful campaigns to preserve the forests has been the movement to "Keep Oregon Green." Its originator and principal advocate is retired Forest Ilanger Albert \\riesendanger who spent tl-rirty-nine years as a forest ranger for the government. His chant to chaperone that cigarette, and don't let it go out alone, and t is admonitions to loggers to be careful about fir'es, has borne fruit through the savings of thousands of acres of timber lands. Fifty thousand Oregon school children have been formed into a green guard and made alert to fire danger. Last year they sold thirty-trvo thousand ash trays to Oregon motorists.

New Company for San Fernando Valley

The Perry Door Co., Inc., has opened a new and modern flush door plant at 200 S. Victory Blvd., Burbank, to serve the San Fernando Valley. Selling wholesale only, the plant is under the same ownership and management as Fidler's Manufacturing Co., Inc., 1911 W. 60th St., Los Angeles 47. The officers of both concerns are Harry Perry, president and general manager; Louis Fidler, secretary and treasurer; and Jack Strom, vice president. Mr. Strom is in charge at the Burbank plant.

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Fidler's Manufacturing Co., Inc. has been operating in the Los Angeles area for five years, and wants its friends and customers in the Valley area to know that they will get the same products and service from the Perry Door Co. that they have been accustomed to getting from Fidler's.

Phone number of the Perry Door Co. is ROckwell9-2451, and Fidler's is Pleasant 3-1132.

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The Senior Fred J. Ziese of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., did not receive a very hospitable reception the first time he came to California in 1927. His job was with the Albion T umber Co.., and to use his words he "quit after twelve days as a result of a piece of one inch lumber being bounced off his cranium, with no harm done to the board'" It was not all hard luck, however, for it was her€ that he met Bernice M. Yenne of Madera, whom he married in New York in 1929. But Fred's one sniff of California was too much for him and he returned with his bride in the following year.

They have three boys, Frederick, Jr., who is twenty-one, and also working for Gamerston & Green, Walter James, twenty, and Harry Lu, eight years old. Just to show his loyalty to the firm the younger son was named after Harry B. Gamerston and Lu Green.

Fred J. Ziese was born in New York in March of 1901 and received his early education in Dumont, N. J. and also New York, graduating from high school. In California he was at one time employed by the Reynier Lumber Company which went out of business in 1932. In August of that year the firm of Gamerston & Green Lumber Company was formed, and Fred was retained on a part time basis. He was never officially removed from that status, but he supposes that twenty years and a position as auditor and vice president has given him a more permanent tenure.

Like all men who get the most out of life, at least most possible for them, Fred likes to play as well as work. His friends, and he has plenty of them, will tell you Fred is a good golfer, but they can't decide whether he is better at that or poker. His other vice is blowing a horn. He began in his younger days with the French horn and trombone. Now he blows a bugle for the Shrine band, and if one looks closely the next time they have a parade, you might see Fred with his cheeks extended and happy.

When Fred came back to California he probably had

references, but no such array as follows. It took some years and a lot of activity to accumulate them. Here they are: Pacific Lodge 155, I.O.O.F.; Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39; San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club S9 (Past President); International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo; Dubs, Ltd. (Secretary) ; Harding Park Golf Club; Mt. Davidson Lodge #48I, F. & A. M.; California Consistory, A. & A. S. R'; and Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.

Bulk ol'12 New Housing Selling For Under $15,000

Washington-Three of every four homes built in the first nine months of this year carried a price tag of less than $15,000, a nation wide survey indicated.

Reports from state and local affiliates of the National Association of Home Builders, whose 25,000 member's account for 80 per cent of all housing erected in metropolitan areas of the United States, disclosed that the overwhelming majority of the 818,800 homes started in the January-September period were purchased by lower and middle income families.

Housing priced in the so-called "luxury" brackets above $20,000 averaged barely 7 per cent of the nine-month construction among builders replying to the NAHB questionnaire.

The survey also showed wide variations from city to city in the market for 4 per cent GI home loans. Builders in Norman, Oklahoma, for example, reported that 85 per cent of their new housing in the first nine months of 1952 were financed by home loans guaranteed by the Veterans Administration.

VA mortgages financed 8O per cent of the construction in Buffalo, N. Y., 70 per cent N.Y., and 60 per cent each in Minneapolis, the Texas Panhandle area.

new housing in Rochester, St. Paul and

In contrast, builders in Providence, R. f., Youngstown, O., South Rend and Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., reported little or no activity in GI housing, due to a lack of mortgage money available at 4 per cent.

The NAHB survey disclosed these housing price trends in various cities : Minneapolis, 7O per cent priced under $13,000 and 80 per cent under $15,000; Contra Costa County, Calif., 75 per cent under $13,000 and 88 per cent under $15,000; Buffalo, 73 per cent under $13,000 and 83 per cent under $15,000; Texas Panhandle, 85 per cent under $13,(nO and 90 per cent under $15,000; Corning, N. Y., B0 per cent under $13,000 and97 per cent under $15,000; Jackson, Miss., 85 per cent under $13,000 and 90 per cent under $15,000; Anderson, Ind., 95 per cent under $13,000 and 98 per cent under $15,000; Norman, Okla., 80 per cent under $13,000 and 95 per cent under $15,000; Louisville, 65 per cent under $13,000 and 85 per cent under $15,000; Indianapolis, 50 per cent under $13,000 and 80 per cent under $15,000; Muncie, Ind., 55 percent under $13,000 and 6O per cent under $15,000; Kansas City, Mo., 48 per cent under $13,000 and 78 per cent under $15,000; Birmingham, Ala., 50 per cent under $13,000 and 75 per cent under $15,000, and Washington, D. C, 40 per cent under $13,000 and 77 per cent under $15,000.

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NAHB Convention to Stress Technical Developments, New Products

An impressive array of up-to-the-minute presentations on technical developments in home building and an exposition of building materials and equipment will highlight the annual convention-exposition of the National Association of Home Builders in Chicago, January 18-22.

Residential air conditioning, a new development that has stirred up enormous interest among builders, is slated for major attention at the show. An entire general session will be devoted to demonstrations, study and discussion of this popular subject.

Air conditioning equipment manufacturers, represented by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration N{achinery Association, will participate in the session. In addition, there will be at least eleven special air conditioning displays in thg exposition where builders can inspect the lirtest equipment and acquire further information.

Commenting on the association's all-out plans to cover the technical side of home building at the shorv, NAHB's executive vice president, Frank W. Cortright. said: "This rvill definitely be a 'how to do it' affair.

"There will be other demonstrations, for example, of how lumber is graded, how to use a moisture rneter, horv to use lumber, how to get good masonry, hoiv to apply and tape drywall construction, how to get goocl concrete, how to apply insulating board and sheathing, and hol' to use roof trusses."

House design, paints, taxes, sales and merchanclising, financing, cooperative housing, and feature presentations of the use of gas and electricity in the hon.re are other examples of the wide range of subjects to be cor.ered in the many general sessions, panel discussions and clinics.

"In effect, we are turning the meeting into r 'builders' lvorkshop that lvill provide intensive coverage of r-irtually every current business and technical subject of ir-rterest to the home building industry," said Cortright.

The association's exposition plans are equally elaborate. Convention-exposition director Paul S. Van Auken has announ,ced that nearly 250 leading manufacturers have taken exhibit space, and the number of exhibit spaces has been increased from 250 to nearly 400.

Van Auken said that the huge display of building materials and home equipment will occupy space on four

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floors of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Between 5O and 75 firms will be in the show for the firsttime. Nfany of these and large numbers of regular exhibitors will introduce new products.

Exhibit personnel alone 'n'ill exceed 2,000 persons, as manufacturers stage their annual all-out effort to sht-,w, demonstrate and exolain their latest Droducts to the builders.

Visiting builders will also have an opportunity to tour outstanding housing projects in the Chicago area. For their "spare" time, a series of entertainment events, including the annual banquet and a delegates' and exhibitors' party, is planned. A special program of activities has been arranged for delegates' wives.

The association predicts a record breaking turnout representing all segments of the building industry. Joining the home builders for the five-day parley rvill be thousands of building supply clea.lers, manufacturers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, financial representatives, and government housing officials.

Joseph B. Haverstick of Dayton, NAHB's second vice president, is chairman of the association's convention-exposition committee, rvhich is responsible for planning the industry-rvide event.

Annual Lumbermen's Stag Party

The Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club held its 5th Annual Stag Party in the Veterans Memorial Building, Eureka, on Friday, November 14.

The program for the day included; Informal breakfast at8:D a.m.;golf tournament at the Bayside Country Club at 11:59 a.m.; tour of the Redwood mills at 1:59 p.m.; social hour at 5:59 p.m. and banquet at 7:39 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building followed'lvith an excellent entertainment program including several high-class vaudeville acts.

The Committee for the party included: Program, Jack Nlackey; Collections, Al Norton, Tom Lanin, Chas. Murray, George Knab; golf, Ned Davis, John Eilers, Tom Lanin; Publicity, Bill Rogers ; Tickets, Jack Mackey; dues and membership, Del Slone.

There was a big turnout, and lumbermen were present from all sections of California.

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Named Manager of Manufacturers Sales Applicationg Under Tide lX

Max Hoffnran, president of the Ludman Corporation, Miami, FloriCa, marrufacturer's of AutoLok wood and eluminum aw'ning type winitows, announces the appointment of D. G. Pilkington as rnanagcr of Manufacturers Sales in the Wood Window Divisiorr of the company.

Mr. Pilkington's principal duties will be to work and consult with stock -wood window manufacturers thr.rughout the country on the production and marketing of wood awnings type windows empk'ying ttre reputedly revolutionary principles of Auto-Lok hardware. Ashis headquarters will be in Chicago, it is stated thatI\{r. Pilkington also will lend his aid and experience to the establishment of Auto-Lok Wood Windorvs in thc Chicago market and tlrrough stock woodwork jobbers and lumber dealers in the area north and vvest of Chicago.

"Piik," as Mr. Pilkington is knowrl to manufacturers, jobbers, dealers, builders and architects throughout the Unitecl States, resigned recentiy as general manager of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork (Association) in which capacity he also served as director of tht: Wood Window Promotion Program. These cluties, says \[r. Hoffman. provided Nlr. Pilkirrgton rvith an unusually broad birckground of experience in wood rvindow n.rarketing and promotion from national to local levels which rvill be invaluable to AutoLok fabricators,,jobbers and rlealers alike.

Prior to his connection with Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, Mr. Pilkington t'as Western Manager ol Prtlgressive Architecture magazine in which posrtion he acquired a keen insight into the requirements of the arcl:ritectural profession in light construction. Previous to that "Pilk" was connected rvith the Chicago office of the National Gypsum Company where, it is said, he was cre.lited with the establishment of Gold Bond lumber dealcr products in that market.

Attended f"RS Meeting

Victor S..Roth of the Triangle Lumber Company, Oakland was one of those from the bay region who attended the meeting of the Forest Products Resear'ch Society at the Sutter Club in Sacramento last month. The society is interested in forestry in so far as it pertains to new methods and the search for by-products. A very interesting talk was heard on the new plywood products of the U. S. Plywood Corporation. The Society is international in its membership and has groups in forty-seven foreign countries. Dr. Arthur Anderson is chairman of the Northern California section, Bud Kennedy is vice-chairman. Ray Smith of the Forestry Experimental Station at the lJniversity of California is secretarv.

Being Received

The Federal Housing Administration office at 112 W. 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, began receiving applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, for programmed defense housing in the Lancaster-PalmdaleMojave, California, Critical defense housing area on November 17, 1952, it was announced by John E. McGovern, FHA director. Applications will be received through December 8, 1952.

The program of 30 housing units to be built in the Lancaster-Palmdale-Mojave area was announced recently by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington. All of the programmed housing is intended for in-migrant defense workers (ormilitarv and civilian personnel, if a militarv installation) of Boron AF Installation, the designated defense establishment in the area.

Units of defense housing programmed by the HHFA to be insured under Title IX of the National Housing Act, may be applied for only by the submission of applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, accompanied by the appropriate examination or application fees.

The announcement by FHA that it is ready to receive applications means that the program can now get started, John E. McGovern said.

tcrcqueline Berger, lelt, cnd Marshc lcnoIsly. Girl Scouts lron Bqn' crofi Junior High School, Los Ingeles, plcrce Cbristmtrs Seal poeters in c slore window in prepcrciion lor the lorthcoming ChristnaE Secl Scle. Girl Scouts will plqce similcr posters in stores throughout the County this week dnd nexl cs their contribution to the light cgcinst tuberculosig.

Named Salcs Manager

Walter J. Woo,J, vice president of E. L. Bluce Co.. announces that Ed Cor'rad is back with the Bruce company in the capacity of sales manager" Blt ck Flooring Division. Mr. Coniad was block flooririg salesman for Bruce from 1935 to 1938.

He has a ihorotrgh background in all types of flooring and is a practical installation man. His experience iricludes eleven years with Skinner, Cook and Babcock, contractors of New York City. In 1938 he rvent to Washington to enter the floor contracting busincss as a member of the firm of Flooring Contractors, Inc. In 1943 he organized the firm of Cooper & Conrad, Inc. and has been actively engaged in the sale and installation of all types of floors and floor coverings for the pesi 14 years.

His duties with Bruce will take him to all sections of thecountry; however, he will make his headquarters in Memphis.

Wood tanks are made in all sizes ranging from a very small size resembling a large bucket to a huge industrial unit containing a half million gallons or more.

Pre-Logging Congress Meeting

Ben Allen, chairman of the Publicity Committee of the Pacific Logging Congress and director of Public Relations for the California Redwood Association. held a meeting prior to the opening of the Pacific Logging Congress in San Francisco last month for an informal discussion of subjects of interest in the lumber industry. Among those present were Clyde Gorman, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company; L. H. Mills, Mist Logging Company; Dave James, Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, Washington; Roy Gould, Diamond Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon; A. A. Lausmann, Kogap Lumber fndustries, I\{edford, Oregon:A. .W. Whinsant, former secretary of the Congress and now secretary of the Management Committee; William D. Hagenstein, chief forester of Industrial Forestry Association, Portland. and others. Here are a few of the gleanings from the discussion given at random.

It is estimated that the "Keep Green" program has rcduced fire in the timber country at least 50 per cent.

The Federal government owns 53 per cent of the total land in Oregon and 58 per cent of the timber land.

From now on lumber will cost what it takes to grow as well as to'1og, mill and ship it.

Lumber is the only natural resource in this country which replenishes itself.

With the increasing uses of substitutes for lumber the consumption of lumber per capita may go dou'n, but it must be considered that many of the substitutes use forestry products, and the growth of the country offsets any actual decline.

Lumber shipments mean more tonnage than any other industrial product in the countrv.

The basic motive power in the lumber industry has changed five times.

The cutting cvcle in the Southern States is no'rv 20 1'ears, in the rvest about 40 years.

Some years ago timber interest moved out of the South and began their operations in the \N'est. Now many of these same interests are moving back into the South rvith nerv nrills.

Forestry graduates from the nation's colleges, rvho a ferti' years back sought work with the government are now going into industry. This new generation of trained men is taking over the management of the industry. As far back as 1911 the graduates of the College of Forestry, University of \A/ashington, and the logging and engineering courses of the University of Oregon, were being sought by the logging and milling companies.

Scrn Francisco Hoo-Hoo Meeting

The annual football luncheon of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 was held November 25 at the Palace Hotel. There was a record crowd in attendance as the football fever was rampant in the city. The feature of the luncheon was the appearance of Norm Standlee, the Big Chief of the San'Francisco 49'ers and a number of its players. Lumbermen were told rn'hat it requires to make a football star click.

Conrcd

"The biggest little city in the world"-pgne, Nevada, has a new and modern sawmill complete with latest design of Moore Cross-Circulation Kilns. This new operation is Tahoe Timber Company where well manufactured and properly seasoned lumber is the main objective.

Mr Kenneth Metsker, owner-manager, and John Ohlson, office and sales manager, have spent more than l/z years of continuous effort and the new sawmill and manufacturing plant is a credit to their efiorts.

Located on a 135-acre site approximately 7 miles we.st of Reno, the area to date includes a S-acre pond, single cut band sawmill including Allis-Chalmers 9' band saw, 54" McDonough resaw, Allis-Chalmers 5 saw edger, 7 saw overhead trim, and a General Electric amplydyne carriage drive. The mill is all electric and produces approximately 75,ffi0 board feet per 8 hour shift.

Solid packages from the green chain are taken to the stacking area by two Ross Carriers and after stacking are handled by the carriers or Gerlinger fork lift trucks.

New Dry Kiln

Facilities in Reno

Two single track 66 feet long and one double track 66 feet long Moore Cross-Circulation Kilns provide a kiln holding capacity of approximatey 14O,000 board feet and ideal flexibility for handling the various species, thicknesses and grades of lumber to be dried. The kiln buildings are constructed of hard burned tile with laminated wood roofs. The kiln rail has been laid on €oncrete rail ribbons to provide a permanent and maintenance free installation.

Steam for the kilns is produced by an automatic oil fired 200 H.P. water tube Keystone Boiler located adjacent to the kiln buildings. Of particular interest to kiln operators is the low pressure steam spray for close and final humidity control, even though 100 p.s.i. steam is used for heating the kilns. Martin Carlson is in charge of the kiln drying.

Remanufacturing facilities are contemplated in the near future which will give the Tahoe Timber Company a complete and well-rounded manufacturing operation.

Sales for this new modern plant are handled by John Ohlson, sales manager, rvhose office is at Reno.

Bfack Bears Damage Young Trees

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San Francisco, Oct. 8-The population of the black bear in Humboldt county may be more strictly controlled as a result of extensive damage inflicted by these predators c,n young trees. A research report released by the California Redwood Association and based on a study of damage to young redwood reproduction made in cooperation r.vith Humboldt State College, recommends that increased sportsman hunting of the black bear be allowed.

The study, by Dr. Fred A. Glover and Edward E. Hansen of the College, was condttcted over a period of six months to determine the primary animal factor causing the damage, the severity of damage, if the damage is increasing or decreasing, the results of past control measures, and recommendations for the future prevention and control of damage.

The year 1950 was the peak year of damage in the area studied, 'r,vith trees 10 to 30 years old receiving the greatest amount of damage. Indications are that the 5 to 10 year old trees are being damaged with increasing intensity.

It is believed that about 2O trees might be damaged by a single bear in a 24 hour period. The annual tree damage period runs from 75 to 100 days during the spring and summer months. Indications are that the bear damage has -.hown a slight decrease since the Deak year of 1950.

Study has shown that there appears to be a shift in the bear damage from the Little River Basin to the Maple Creek Basin with increased fresh damage occurring in the Squaw Tit and Maple Creek areas

Awarded \(/est Coast Tree Farm Certificate

$500-the down payment, reducing the Post treasury to nickeLs and dimes. Christmas tree sales from the young growth that nature had produced, despite former fires, fortified the financing of the purchase.

The Christmas tree cuttings were done under forestry supervision, as were other Post activities on the land. Finally, another 20 acres were bought. This type of conservation manag'ement earned the 1952 tree farm certificate from the Industrial Forestry Association.

The certificate was awarded at a dinner meeting sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of Post 76. Top executives of the Washington State Division of Forestry and the U. S. Soil Conservation Service and Forest Service, themselves veterans, attended with the officials who presented the award.

New Dealer Magazine

LeIt, Berncrrd Orell, Wqshingtoa Stcte Chiel Forester, looks on trs Howqrd Christicngon, Commcnder ol f,rlington, Wcshington, Americcn Legion Post No. 76, receives award oI West Cocret Tree Fqrnr Certilicqte. Cbarles S. Cowan, Mcncger oI Wcshington Forest Fire Agsocialion, presented the cerlilicqte lor the Industriql Forestry lssociction.

In 1949 Arlington, Washington, American Legion Post 76 Commander D. T. J. Ball and Legionnaire Will Hendrickson learned that 100 acres of Puget Sound tax-title property, all logging cutover was for sale. Some Douglas fir seed trees had been left from the old logging and succeeding fires and under improved protection, young tree growth was springing up.

Post 76 members fell in with plans for a memorial forest. Technicians of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service were asked to help. The agency and the West Coast Industrial Forestry Association, with private timber owners as members, had been cooperating in the development of three tracts near Arlington into a high school forest, with tree seedlings supplied by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association nursery. The State Division of Forestry, responsible for fire control, had an efficient organization in the area.

With this background, Post 76 went ahead with the Memorial Forest program, purchasing the 100 acres for

Masonite Corporati,on has issued the first number of its new dealer magazine, Masonitems. to the dealers and wholesalers who sell the corporation's hardboards.

Printed in two colors, the first number carries six pages. The lead article is an illustrated two-page spread about a nerv Masonite display. It follows up the cover photo which shows the Selling Center in use at the Gee Lumber and Coal Co., Chicago.

Another major article makes suggestions for broadening the farm market. It challenges the readers with this statement: "If you are a dealer with 1,000 farms in your area, your prospects spend nearly one-half million dollars yearly for remodeling, repairs and new construction. How much of tl-ris business are you getting?"

Stories are published about the corporation's extensive advertising and publicity programs and about horv the Gee Lumber and Coal Co. finds profit in displays.

Masonitems u'ill be published bi-monthly. Its editor is Clarence Sutton, who works under the direction of Bradley P. Williams, sales promotion manager.

It rvould be a dull Christmas without such as trees, decorations, greeting cards, a fire in the fireplace.

forest products wrappings, toys,

Named Full-Time Entomologist

Centralia, Wash.. Nov. l3

Damage from forest fires-perenniai destroyer of thousands of acres of woodlandshas been steadily reduced over the past sever:rl years through persistent public education, progressive forestry and logging methods and well-Jeveloped fire-prevention and fire-fighting programs.

for U. S. War Bonds and McCowan says, "I developed sore ankles and a desire to cc:rre back to this part of the country after the war."

"Any forester can appreciatr: the huge stands of timber out here," says McCowan, "but the informality and friendliness of the people is also a !;ig attraction."

A member of Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary, and Xi Sigma Pi, forestry honorary, McCowan is married and the father of a daughter, 9 years, and a €on, 5 months. The family resides in Centralia.

Vcughcrn F. McCowqn

the forest's enemies and are destroved bv insects

One result of this steady, if gradual, deciine in the number of acres lost to fire has been to put the limelight on a less spectacular but equally vicious enemy of the forest. Foresters today acknowledge insects as the greatest of concede that each year more trees than by fire

Weyerhaeuser Timber company, long concerned with the insect problem, gave recogniticrn to its seriousness recently by hiring a full-time entomoloqist, Veughan F. McCowan. McCowan. 33. works under the dire.:tion of Paul Lauterbach, Weyerhaeuser's research forester and manager of the firm's forestry research ofiice in Centralia. Spending considerable time in the field. he will study the characteristics and habits of insects l:ound on the company's tree farm,i in western Washington and Oregorr and work cooperatively with the forest insect laboratory of the U. S. bureau of entomology, Portlancl, Oregon, to develop effective and practical control. measures.

Among the insect enemies \fcQery3n will come to grips with are the Douglas fir beetlc, currelltly on a rampage of epidernic proportions in southwest Oregon, the spruce budworm, the hemlock looper, the ambrosia beetle and others.

Born and raised in Portland, Maine. McCowan is a 1951 graduate of the University of Mainc school of forestry. He :eceived his master's degree in entomology and forestry at the University of Michigan in .fune, 1952, and joined Weyerhaeuser the follcr'ving nronth.

New Fiscal Head of Forest Products Laboratory Announced

Bruce C. Strickler, Deputy Regional Fiscal Agent for the California Region of the Forest Service is being transferred and promoted to Fiscal Agent of the Forest Products Laboratory, at Madison, Wisconsin, effective December I,1952.

This transfer returns Bruce to his home state where he grew up, and began his career with the Forest Service in 1933 as a junior stenographer. Bruce spent the first six years of his career in National Forest offices in Wisconsin, in the field of <iffice management, advancing to the position of Administrative Assistant of the Nicolet National Forest. During the period 1939 to 41 he was business manager on the New England Timber Salvage Project. From 1941 to 44 he served as Fiscal Auditor and Fiscal Inspector for the California Region. He was promoted to the position of Deputy Regional Fiscal Agent and served successively at Denver and Milwaukee. Relturned to San Francisco in 1948 and served in that capacity in this Region to the present time.

With almost 20 years experience in the Forest Service, much of which has been spent in different geographical areas and in a variety of responsible executive positions in the Forest Service, Mr. Strickler is especially well fitted for the responsible Fiscal Agent position at the Forest Products Laboratory. In his new position, he r'vill be in charge of the fiscal management of the Forest Products Laboratory's active and diverse research activities.

McColvan is no stranger to r-he Par,ific Northwest, har'ing rnade several jumps as a paratror)p€r out this way in A second 1942. The jumps were part o[ a sales-promotion program left on the

Christmas tree can be raised froma branch stump of the tree being cut.

Hardwood Flooring In Strong Demand

Chicago, Nov. l2--The strong demand for hardwood flooring in the first nine months of..1952 r"eflects the firm hold which material has maintained on its popularity gains of the last few years, Secretary Henry H. Willins of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association reported today.

Shipments in the Southern and Appalachian regions, source of more than 90 per cent of the nation's supply, totaled over 720 million board feet in the first three quarters. They equalled the volume recorded for the corresponding period of 1951, which was the second biggest year in the industry's history.

There is a strong possibility, Willins said, that total1952 output will top last year's figure of more than 936 million board feet. Beginning in June and continuing through mid-October, the latest period for which figures were available, shipments consistently exceeded those in the similar periods last year. September output was 11 per cent higher than in the same month of 1951.

Should the last 10 weeks of this year see a continuation of the average weekly output in the preceding 12 months, the 1952 total would be nearly 965 million board feet, Willins said. The all-time record of. 1,025,762,00O feet was established in 1950, when home building topped the ex-

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pected volume lor 1952 by about 4O0,000 units.

Of the various hardwood species used for residential flooring, oak remains predominant. Willins pointed out that it constitutes approximately 95 per cent of the Southern and Appalachian output. The remainder consists of hard maple, beech, birch and pecan.

"Industry observers have noted," Willins said, "that oak and other hardwood flooring has been utilized in an increasingly large percentage of homes as the acuteness of the housing 'shortage has diminished. One reason is that builders find hardwood floors to be a strong selling point in dwellings.

"Buyers nowadays can be more selective. Not so many are desperate for housing. Thevastmajority, surveys show, want homes floored with oak or other hardwood, and they are not so prone to accept those with substitute flooring.

"Earlier, when housing was more critical, buyers in need of immediate accommodations could be sold homes even though such desirable features as hardwood floors were lacking. Now more and more builders are realizing that floors of hardwood help sell homes faster."

Giving impetus to the growing popularity of oak floors, Willins said, is a home styling trend toward utilizing the natural beauty of the wood as an integral part of the decorative plan. The practice, recommended by leading .interior decorators, involves display of a generous expanse of floor and use of attractive accent rugs.

Attend NRTDA Meeting

The annual directors meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association held in Washington, D.C., was attended byJ.H. Kirk of the Kirk Lumber Company of Santa Maria; George K. Adams of Noah Adams Lumber Company, Walnut Grove and Jack Pomeroy, executive secretary of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California.

Fork Truck OpercrtorMcnucrl Avqilable

Now available to users of fork lift trucks and industrial tractors is a comprehensive manual for use in training lift truck operators.

Titled, "How To Operate A Lift Truck," the Z4-page booklet was prepared and published by Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon, Peoria and Danville, Illinois, in the interests of safe and efficient lift truck operation.

Combining a 2-color carton technique with a detailed manual approach, the book is packed with information not only about the operation of a lift truck, but aLso preventive maintenance, safety and basic materials handling. Drawings for setting up an obstacle course are also included.

Designed to be used as a part of an operator training school, "How To Operate A Lift Truck" is slanted for both the beginner and the experienced operator. It can be studied individually by the operator himself or used as a guide by instructors.

"How To Operate A Lift Truck" is available free from Hyster Company, 2m2 N. E. Clackamas St., Portland 8, Oregon; or from your nearest Hyster dealer.

New Curtis "\fomen Designed" Kit"hen

catching grooves and ridges. Doors are fitted with semiconcealed hinges and embellished with a modern slender pulls, both chromium plated.

The new Curtis kitchens are said to embody a high standard of convenience involving the minimum of stooping and stretching on the part of the housewife. Sliding trays, for example, are provided for all ordinary size kitchen utensils, bringing ordinarily inaccessible space within easy reach.

Another new feature is the "Lazy Susan" revolving shel'r'es in base and wall corner units. Vertical filing storage space has been provided for trays, plates, platters and similar equipment. In addition, swing shelves in wall and base square cornered units make this entire storage area available. And a hanging pan unit provides vertical filing of utensils in a small area.

Curtis cabinets are completely assembled for quick, economical installation. Units are factory bored for proper alignment. Pre-assembled matching filler strips and newly designed Curtis chromium-plated hardware are furnished with the units, which are carton packed for clean, unmarred delivery.

New Sales-Building Folder

Styled to embody the 53 features which women want most in kitchens, the new Curtis wood kitchen cabinet units, announced recently, provide unusual advantages for Curtis dealers, according to ofificials of Curtis Companies, Incorporated, Clinton, Iowa, manufacturers of Curtis woodwork.

Curtis states, the cabinets are new in design, new in consrruction, nerv in styling, new in utility and new in finishes. All these features were planned with the aid of women, in order to provide maximum "housewife" appeal.

Recognizing the increasing desire of home owners for natural interior finish, Curtis kitchens are available with drawer and door fronts beautifully grained natural birch. In addition to the unfinished natural birch, the cabinets are also available in white gloss enamel for painting in colors of the owner's choice.

In the cabinet units, all projecting door and drawer fronts have been eliminated to create unbroken flush surfaces which are pleasing to the eye and which eliminate dust-

Just off the press is a full-color folder designed to give the retail lumber dealer an opportunity to participate in the Decorator Door promotion now being sponsored on the national level by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork and leading manufacturers of Ponderosa Pine paneled doors'

The new folder was planned by the association to stimulate consumer interest in paneled doors by showing them how to decorate these doors rvith paint, stain, decals, wallpaper and other appliques. It is intended to be used as an envelope enclosure to the lumber dealer's customers and prospects, or as an over-the-counter hand-out piece.

Space is provided for the lumber dealer's own message and address, and the customer is directed back to the lumber dealer for a colorful,24-page idea book which sells to consumers for 25c. Free sample copies of both the folder and booklet can be obtained from Ponderosa Pine Woodrvork, 38 South Dearborn Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.

Most of the 28,000,000 Christmas are naturally grown. trees used each year

U.S. Plywood Acquires Full Ownership Of Siuslaw Forest Products, Inc.

United States Plywood Corporation announced that it had acquired the 49/o minority interest in Siuslaw Forest Products, Inc., of Mapleton, Oregon, giving it lW/o ownership.

Siuslaw's 286,000,000 feet of timber increases U. S. Plywood's holdings and control of standing timber and cutting rights in the Pacific Coast states tc two-and-a-half billion (2,500,000,000) feet, the company said. Siuslaw's holdings adjoin a tract of 93,000,000 feet of timber owned for years by U. S. Plywood. These holdings have been a source of supply for the company's plywood mill located at Mapleton.

Earlier this year U. S. Plywood acquired the minority l0/o interest in Kosmos Timber Company, likewise giving it I0O/o ownership. Kosmos owns in the state of Washington approximately 913,000,000 feet of standing. timber and cutting rights. U. S. Plywood controls about one billion feet of timber in Shasta County, Cal. Besides the Pacific Coast holdings U. S. Plywood also owns timber or has cutting rights in South Carolina and in Canada.

Supplemented by purchases under normal plywood mill procedure, its timber reserves are estimated by U. S. Plywood to be more than ample at the present rate of consumption for continued operation of its 27 veneer and plywood mills over thenext twenty years. The mills and plants are located at Seattle, Wash. ; Mapleton, Ore. ; Kosmos, Wash.; Anderson, Cal; Algoma, Wis.; Orangeburg, S. C.; and Woodstock, Ontario. Other manufacturing plants are at Laconia, N. H. and Portland, Oregon. U. S. Plywood also has an option on the entire annual output of the Cascades Plywood Corporation plant at Lebanon, Oregon, and also has manufacturing interests and timber sources in Panama and Belgian Ccngo, Africa.

U. S. Plywood operates a distribution organization of.

more than sixty units located throughout the United States through which it sells the output of its own plants and allied materials bought from other manufacturers. The corporation's sales for its last fiscal year exceeded $107,000,000, the largest volume in the plywood history.

OliJuanica

Roy L. Bunch

Roy L. Bunch passed away at his home in Pasadena on November 14 follorving a heart attack.

A native of Lancaster, Mo.. he was a graduate of William Jewell College and the lJniversrty of Missouri, and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Before coming to California, he was with the Eciward Iiinds l-umber Co. of Chicago for a number of years as lumber buyer, and the Long-Bell Lumber Co. at Longview, Wash. He was a resident of Pasadena f.or 26 years, and had been associated with Owens-Parks Lumber Co. and San Pedro Lumber Co. in Los Angeles.

He is survived by his widov,', Mrs. Ora Birney Bunch; two daughters, Mrs.Virginia L. Ream of Altadena and Mrs.BettyAnn Lowenberg of Otttt'rrwa. Iowa, and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were Drivate.

Willicm Cross

William (Bill) Cross, lumber grader for Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, for the past six years, passed away on October 2 after a long illness. A well-known expert on pine grades, he will be remembered by many oldtimers throughout the California, Oregon and Mexican pine producing areas. Funeral services were held October 4 at Forest Lawn Church of The Recessional.

He is survived by his widorv, Mrs. Frances Cross.

@ttristmug Frtttings

TRIANGIJE IJUMBER CO.

610.-l6th Street, OaHcnd 12, Calilornia Phone TErrPlebcn 2'5855

Recognizing Assets

Fortunate indeed is the man who knows a good thing when he sees it.

John Reno of The Pacific Lumber Company recently told of an experience which well illustrates the value of the keen perception which enables a man to look at an apparent defect and visualize it as an asset.

Mr. Reno related that several years ago the president of a large combination sto'rm and screen manufactur:ing company put in a hurried call for an immediate consultation about the large amount of "birdseye" (a tiny elliptical appearing spot that looks like a bird's eye) which was in the Redwood lumber the customer was receiving from The Pacific Lumber Company.

Without delay, Mr. Reno was dispatched to see- this man and had a meeting with him and his assistants.

It was explained to them that birdseye was quite prevalent in Redwood and that they had been receiving lumber with this feature present for a great many years, that it had evidently caused no trouble on units sold by them over the last decade, and that probably their current complaints were just due to some of their salesmen or customers being unusually observant. It was also explained that birdseye should in no way affect the good results that would be procured in storm sash from all heart Redwood' Mr. Reno then had to say that if they could not use Redwood with birdseye present, his company was just out of luck as far as a source of supply for them was concerned and, for that matter, such would be the case with all Redwood manufacturers.

The president of the company listened carefully, then stated that he had already come to a conclusion. He turned to his vice president and instructed him to call in all sample unitsfrom all over the country and to make new ones putting as much birdseye as possible in every piece that went into the new assemblies; and to instruct all of their salesmen to stress the fact that birdseye is almost unique with Redwood. that it has a wonderful decorative feature with no utilitarian drawback, and that every effort would be made to include as much birdseye as possible in all units manufactured, but that no guarantee would be made

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And Besf Wishes Jor 1953

Hexberg Lumber Company

10806 South Centrsl Avenue los Angeles 59, Colif. lOrqin 6-3136

Homc oftcc we3tern Divbion

Glcvelond, Ohio Otyrnpic, Warhington

AIAN A. SHIVETY

Represenfing DAVIS PTYWOOD CORPORATION in Sogthern Colitornia & Arizonq

4O8 No. Glendale Ave. L. A. phone

Glendole 6, Golif. GHoprncn 520g3

$esgon'B @rcetrngg

un! @ur T8.tst Wisbes tsr tbt

fr-en Eesr

At Drnny Lumrrn (omprtv

Specializing in Ponderoso & Sugor Pine and Dovglas Ffu Clears

Office ond Yord 423O Bondini Blvd., Los Angeles 23, Colif. ANgelus 0856

SAVE-A-SPACE

Interior Sliding Door Units

Model ll9o Low Cosl Unils

CHAS. S. DODGE

WHOLESATE LU'YTBER

2845 Websler Sl., Berkeley 5, Cdlif. Phone THornwqll 3-9045

MANUFAC'IURDRS OT'

OLD GROWTH FIR

MILL IOCATION

ROBERT DOLI,AR BLDG.

GLENDAIE SAN FRANCISCO

OREGON EXBROOK 2.84'4

ORIIASTE

R

-No longel an extraaaganc?DO

Exterior Sliding Door Units

Literatue and prices lurnisbed on reqacrt

COOR-PENDER, & IONG CO.

1753 Blokc Ave., lor Angrlcr 3l NOrmondic 3323!

Cnnlow CollpANv

I/TANUFACTURERS & JOBBERSPINE DOORS & l,lltLWORK 738 EAST 59th STREE' ros aNGELES t, CAUFORNIA ADonr 4-0159 A.F.I.. UNION MADE PRODUCIS

Monufoclurerc qnd Wholesole Distributors CAIIFORNIA REDWOOD . DOUGTAS FIR

3200 PETALIA STRESf, OATTAND E, CA]IFONNIA O TEI.EPHONE OIYIIIPIC 2.2400 mllt ild Wholaob ycd, smlll c Jmn.r, collf. d.{iFflqTla-ifilitlfjnFr'"rf.'F]r.:].,c*.*G .--_..".frldrij.g,..c"nr.

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that all assemblies would have any quantity of birdseye present. In other words, he made what was originally thought to be a defect into good promotional material and, of course, did not in any way harm his customers.

Another such instance was the case of a large furniture manufacturer who marketed a line of high class walnut and mahogany veneered case goods with a lumber core. His core was made of Redwood, which is a softwood, and naturally he could not advertise his product as 100/o hatdwood, a situation of which his competitors tried to take advantage.

This manufacturer knew he was using a Redwood core because it gave him the best results and revamped his promotional material to take advantage of this fact.

l{e re-wrote the advertising copy for his retail trade to emphasize that his products were to0/o hardwoods with the very important exception that he had greatly improved the lineby the inclusion of the best of all lumber cores . a core made of geniune California Redwood.

He went on to explain that tiny ridges and valleys as well as warpage in furniture panels are caused by the expansion and contraction of the lumber cores due to changes in humidity in the air at various times of the year. Since Redwood expands and contracts much less than any other wood, these troubles are eliminated or reduced to almost nothing.

He continued by saying that Redwood glues better than other woods which means a much better put together piece of furniture. Also, Redwood does not decay like other woods if exposed to damp conditions as experienced in the tropics.

His advertising and his furniture must be good he has been using Redwood cores for twenty-five years.

Of cour'se, the outstanding examples of turning liabilities into assets in the lumber industry were the promotion of low grade pine and cypress into knotty pine paneling and pecky cypress paneling respectively. The men who thought these two up benefited both the industry and the consuming public enormously.

The newest recruit into the paneling group is white speck fir which has already made giant strides as rustic paneling.

\A/hat be next ?

\TA NT A DS

SMALL LUMBER YA,RD FOR SALE

Sales $52,388 first 9 months 1952. (835,m7 in lumber, $16'461 in hardware, paint & plumb.) Est. profits $14,991. Low overhead. Rent $185 nlo. Good 2-man yard. Mbdern retail store & 90 ft. lumber stred. Main blvd. center San Gabriel Vallcy. Stock around $15'000 plus equipment. CASH, no terms. Retiring. Phone owner for appt. ROWLEY, days 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. RYan 1-8188, or write 34 No. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 1, Calif.

IIFT TRUCKS FOR, SAIE

Completely rebuilt with Factory-new motors. (Guaranteed 90 daYs)

39-19 H. T. Ross 33/4 ton, lO-foot lift.

2-19 H. T. Ross 33/4 ton, 14 foot lift.

USED CONDITION

l-Model 15 H. T. Ross, ?%-ton, l7l toot liit. l-Gerlinger Model S R H 6Ginch carrier. We specialize in lift truck and carrier repair and service. Speciil prices to equipment dealers.

COMMERCIAL R.EPAIR & SERVICE

1115 No. Alameda' ComPton, Calif.

Phone NEwmark 1-8269

CUSTOM MILLING and KILN DRYINC

MCCOY PLANING MILL

34{D East 26th St., Lor Angeles 23, Calif

Phone ANgelus 9-8216

FOR SAIE

Southwest LA 1s'[-2 County. Trackage; 3 acres; property. 7-ton Hyster available if desired' Prime near Northrup Aircraft. Owner, ORegon 8-4793 or

ERONEL

cARRtERS & tlFT TRUCKS

For Sole or Rent

Following Equipment Remanufactured Caries 90-Day Guarantee I Lift TrucLs:

WANT ADS

Rcrt+Position wcErted $2.00 per colurnu inch

All others, $3.00 per column inih Closing dctes lor copy, Stb cad 20th

WANTED

Live wire salesman for old established company. Experienced in both contractor & industrial sales.

Address Box C-M2, The California Lumber Merchant, 108 W. 6th St., Rrn 508, Los Angeles i4, Calif.

VOTUMEPTYWOOD WHOTESALER

Serving all oI Southern Ccrlilornicr

Looking lor permcnent connection with A DOUGT^TIS FIR PTYWOOD MI.t

that will keep him regrulcrly supplied cnd competitive. Ccnr furnish highest cclibre bcrnk ccrd trade references, Address Box C-2088

CATIFORNIA TUMBER MENCHANT

108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, CcUI.

SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA LUMBER COMPANY FOR SALE

Three yords locqted in Oronge County, esfqblished over 5O yeqls qgo. Best of reqsons for selling. Asking price for three yords $120,000 plus inventories. *

Venlurq County yord, soles obouf $l5,O0O monthly. Will cost $2O,OO0 including ground, buildings, trucks & equipment. Invenlory obout $20,000 qdditionol. This yord, in o fine district, mqkes o vely good impression. Books open lo quolified porties.

lf you wont to sell your yord, give us o ring.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif. pRospect 9746

SPACE AVAITABLE IN tOS ANGETES

For Your Lumber Storage

Or Dlspersal Yard

Or Loading and unloading Trucks and Rail Cars

Or Sticking Lumber for Air Drying

We have surplus space consisting of z-acres, paved and fenced. Hyster and Carrier Available.

HAYWARD LUMBER & INVESTMENT CO.

4r0 San ""?Tff" tT*."fir*ngeres' carir'

WOODWOR,KI N G MACH I N ER,Y US.ED

American #65-30" planer and matcher, 6 knife heads, belt driven with 75 H.P. motor. Fine operating conditi'on- S450O.

Yates P-16 timber sizer fc stock up to 16x16, 4 knife heads, less motor. $30fl).

New Yates American 18" surfacer.

DON G. JENNESS COMPANY

3010 E' olvmpic Blvd' ANgelus 9-2378 Los Angeles 23

Nomcr of Advrrtbcn ln thir Deportmcnt urlng c tlind oddrcrl ccnnot bo dlvulgod, All inquide ond reptll :hould bc addrcrrcd to koy rhown in thr odvorflrmrnr

POSITION WANTED

Il_tlaq1ed, 27 years old, college graduate, serving oversq$ Air Corps, available January lst. Grew up around sawmills, 4 years retail ex- perience. Consider wholesale company sawmill sales'dept. ,or retail. Willing to do some traveling.

Address Box C-2091, California Lumber Merchant, 108 W. 6th St., Rrn- 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CAPABLE LUMBERMAN

With_several y.ears in management and supervision desires position in Southern California. Experienced in sales, buying, milling, estimating, accounting, production.

Address Box C-2089, Cdifornia Lumber Merchant, 108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LEATHER LUMBER APRONS

Sturdy lumbermen's aprons made of top quality reclaimed leather, urnished in both single and double ply, approx. lVrx24,, wit} or vithout belt and buckle. Special discounts to jobbers.

HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO.

405 Towne Ave,, Los Angelee 13, Calif.

Phone TRinity 7786

CAR UNLOADING CONTRACTORS

Experienced labor furnished to unload and sort lumber cars. O.P.S. printed rates upon request. Established 1943.

CRANE & CO.

r4t7 E. 12th St.

TR. 6973 Los Angeles, Calif.

FOR SALE

Rebuilt Carriers and Lift Trucks

All sizes and capacities

Immediate delivery

THE ROSS CARRIER COMPANY

2440 Third St., San Francisco 7, Calif.

ATwater 2-2428

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

L. & H. Powers Planer, 3V'x15,,, complete with belts, oil starting switch, 25 H.P. motor, etc. $750.00.

1942 Chev. fat bed truck with rolls, etc., l94Z motor completely overhauled, good rubber, 14' bed, 2lV, wheelbase. $900.00. - -

1935 International Lumber Roller Truck. 14, bed, 2lU, w.b., good rubber, completely overhauled. An excellent small yard truck. g-O6.OO. Must be sold-Terms-Box 21, Santa Cruz, Calif.

WANTED

Work for 15,000 lb. Ross Fork Lift, also lumber trucks. 235 S. Kellogg, Fullerton, Calif.

Phone eve. LAmbert $3882 Rates reasonahle

WALLACE MILL and LUMBER COMPANY

Gencral custom milling, grading and drying.

!n transit Half way betwccn Los Angeles and Long Bcach. Corncr Rosecrans Avc. and Paramount Blvd.

P.O. Box 27, Clenater Station

Paramoung Calif.

MEtcdf 3-426rNEvada 6-3625

Pacific Elcctric s. P.

LUMBEN

BUYER'S GUIDE SAN FRANGISGO

Lqnoa Lunber Co...... ....yIILol 2-{lt?6

The Loag-Bell Lunber Co.. ..EXlrooL 2-g696

Lunber Sqles Co. ...VlJencic 6-{920

Mcrtinez Co., L, lil... ..EXbrooL 2_36{4

Pccilic Lumber Co- The. .GArfietd l-3117

Padula Lunber Co., E. A. ......EXbrook 2_5524

Pcrcnino Lunber Co.. GArlield l_5190

Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division

Bicci G Kruse Lunber co... .H:ff;.fii;

Boundg Lunber Compaay .yUt<on 6_0912

Smta Fe Lunber Co.. ....EKbrootr 2-2074

Tcrter, Webster 6 Johnsou, Inc....DOuglcs 2-2060

Triaity^River Lumbe! Scles Co......skyiine 2-2050

i#il-fix[.";l-f"1b.":.i;... surter r-orer

-(.Frc4< I: O'9ouor) . GArtietd l-5644

_ulroD .|.uEbcr CoDpcDy. ..SUtter l_6120

Vca Arsdcle-Hcnis iul;ber Co., Inc.-

wendrias-Narhcn co. .... lg?rlff i.8883

#::i b?E:IT:iilt"g:::: ":TT: W*l l:3i63

weyerhceuser Scles Co...........GArlicld l-99?{

llfiadelcr Co., Ltd,, Gcorgc.......Vllencic l-l8ll

Ziel

d-2135

Logging Co...... .YUkon 6-612{

States Plywood Corp,......ATwcter 2-1993

CNEOSOTED LI'M8ER_POLESPILINCI_TIES

Americqa Lumber d Tredting Co.. ...SUtter l-1028 Bcxter, l. H. d Co.. .......YIILor 2-0200

Hcll, lcmes L......., ......SUttor t-2520 Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division, Wendling-Ncthcu Co. DOuslcs 2-2561 .SUtter 15363

OA KLAND -BERKEf,E Y -A I,AMEDA

Tricugle Lumber Co.. ..TEmptebcr 2-SSSS

Twia Hqrbors Lumber Co. .ENierprise l-0036

Weelera Dry tiln Co.. .LOckhcven g-32g4

We-stem Piae. Supply Co. (&Eerywler .........Pledmoil 5_7322

E. K, Wood Lumber Co.. ...KEUog 4_g{66

IIANDWOODS

Bruce Co., E. f,.... ........KEIIo9 3-6672

S_trable Hcrdwood Conpcny....TEnplebcr 2-S5g,t White Brorhers .ANdover l_t600

IOS ANGETES

LUII'BEB

Angelus Fir d Piae Scleg Co, (Sqn Mcrioo)

l€r5lr,":i i::!il"i;ie;l m :X

Atlqntic Lunbor Co. (C. p. Henry G Co.l

Auos Lunber co. .... .:Ir]ffifi i833

BocL Lunber Co., I, Wn. ,. ....ADcmr l-{361

Bcugb, Ccrl W. (porcdeac) ........Byaa l-63g2

Bries & Gcres Lumber co. t"ilriffi 3:3i3i

Brown d Conpany. Clcy .yOrtc 1169

Brush Indugtrial Lunber Co. ....llNderhill 0-3301

Buras Lumbcr Compcny .UfEbster 3-5g6l

Cgl-ilornic_ Soltwood Sclc: ........CApirol 2_0294

_ (Volstedt-Kerr Lbr. Co. "t M"Mi-riti;;b;J-'

Ccrr d Co., L. l. (W. D. Dun,iig) tnospeci 8ee3

3**f"r*i3,4*ocicter' P' w' AXminister 52e6

_(Buna Lunber Co.) ...WEbster 3_5861

Georgo Clougb .DUakirk 2_22lrl

Cou,solidctcd Lumber Co. ........Blch-oad 2l{t

r wrErDgroD, .NE. 6-lggt wiln. Ter, 4-2637

" "ii?,'#'i.ot ;t"",nY,9.e". ( Grcadcrc )

Ivory Pire Co, ot Cclif. (Monrovic)..ELIiot g-[51

Kandcll Lunber Digtributors ......pRospect S34l

KirbY, Iim. ......Rlchqond g392

lh1't1"BlfJ.!':: ::1 1' r'ir*y sz2s

Lcwrence-Philips Lumber Co. ..BRqdshcwi-437?

PANELS_DOONS---SASH_SCNEENS PLYWOOD_MILLWONK

Bcy Plywood Compcny.........Gl.encour/. Z-Zlgt

Cslilornia Builders Supply Co...TEnplcbcr 4-8383

Dicmond W. Supply Co. ............KEllog {-8168

Emsco Plywood .EEUog 6-{?33

Hogcn Lumber Compcay .G{.encourt l-6881

UDited Stqies Ptywood Corp. ....Tlllinocls 3-551{

W€ster! Door d Scgh Co, ......TEnplebcr 2-8l|xt

E. K. Wood Lunber Co. ...XEtlog l-8166

CNESOTED LUMBEN_POLES_PILING_TIES

Anericqn Lumber d Trsating Co.. .MAdisou 5-5818

Bcxter l. H. 6 Co. ..... .... .... .Mlcbicsa 529{

McCormick d Boxter

Lenelt Lumber Co., Inc.

The Long Eetl Lumber Co. ANgelus 3-6165 DUnkirL ?-1347

Los Aageles Dry Kilu d Storcge, lnc. ANgelus 3-8223

Los Angeles Lunber, Inc. .MA 6_9134

Los-Ccl Luaber Co, .........lEllerson 6234

Lumber Mill 6 Supply Co, .ANgelus 3-2503

MccDoncld Co., L. W. .DRqdsbqw 2_Sl0l

McCloud Lumber Co. ....VEmoat g-{963

l4"hoggg!'._I-porrins Co. .... TRinilv 9651 ti3$i"'11i:ff5,"d*i: B:' Inc' "ANsetu; 0!7r

-.(Scn Mcrino) ......pyrqmid t-ll2J

Ols-en-Ccrpealer Lumber Co, (aevclly Hills) BBcdshcw 2_6651

Oagood, Bobert S. .DUnkirk 2_g2?g

Pacific Fir Soles (pascdenc) ...sycamore 6-4329

pqcitic Lumber co., Tho "l3,kt-i133

Pccific Forest Products. Inc. (Dick LcFrcochi)

Cozby Lumber Co. (South Gaie ....LOraia 6-5121

cooper wboloscre Lumber ".., *:ff:1'J*1Ti3

Daltoa d Co., B. W. (Sca Mcriao)

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Al Dony Lunbcr Co. .....ANgclur 0gli6

Dculr Lumber Company ..BRcdrhcw 2-5931

I)onover Co.. Inc. .ADcmg l-,!:105

leder, D. C, d Soa ...Ul{derhi[ 0_ll{?

Fa_irburst Lunber Co. ol Cclil. (to8 Angelos Lunber, Iac,)....MAdison g_913{

FigL d Mcsou (So. paradcaa) ....pyrqmid l_ll97

EriL Fr--er (Lons Beach). ,.". jJ;;Iffi ::#;l

Forcrt Products Sclss Co. (Inglewood)

!1onca 6 co.. srephen ". r"",r.lTiilt l jirnl

Ed. Foultcir Lunber Co. .LOgcn 9-2331

Grlr Broa. d Co. .......Rlchmond gl7g

Go-r_rlia-Ilcrdiag Lunber Co. (Jo. P.trcsh) .......ANgelua0-6951

!"-:"ld Lunber Conpcny ......pRospcct ZlTl

Ilcrrir Lunbcr Co., L. E. ........DUa&irL 2-2301

Hobcrlo d Co., R. J. (Conptoa) ..NEvqda 6_2595

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Prcilic wesrern Lumber co. "t coril1l;::t 1232

_ (PcEcdeuc) Sycqmore 6-sa69_i.i. -hi;; l-slz3

Pope 6 Tclboi, Inc., Lumber Divieiou

B G E Lumbcr co. .... ,ilff:i,?i-333;

E. -L. Reilz Co., Ocecu Center Btdq,

_ (Long Becch) fo;; Beqch 6_9547

f,oudg Lumber Co, (Lonq geochl -NSvqac d-id5t

Boy.Foresr producrs co. (vqn fr:?:,i"rlt l.?lli

Iu^dn_cgb 6 go., lohn A. TUcker 5ll9

S d S_ Lumber Co, (Downey) TOpoz 2_t0id

Scn Pgdro Lumber Co. .WEbster l-9165

Sierrc- Redwood Co, .Topcz 9_l{tsi

Spcldins Lunber Co. .... ...UNderiiti 0-itai

Stantd, E. I. 6 Son ........ADqms {_92tt

Sudden d Christenron, Inc, ...: fninld eSAa

Tacomc_Lumber Sales, Inc. ......MAdison -6-6g3t

lcrdy, -l9e- ....wEbsrer C-0Cii

Tcrter, Webster d tobnsou, t"c. ...AN;;i;; g_thl

Tropiccl 6 Westera Lurirber Co.... LOs;; 8_i37s

S. A, Troxel Lumber Co. .IINder-hin 0-iai{

lw1a-Qity Lumber Co, .BRcdsh;; ,-16ii

Twiu Hcrbon Lunber Co,

-(.C. P_, Hgnry _d Co.) ...pRospecr 652{

.unro!..luDer coEpcy ...Tniaity 2292

Wcndling-Ncrho Co. ...yor[ 1168

_w-eyorhdeua€r Sclee Co. ....Rlchmoad Z-0505

West Oregon Lumber Co. (Bevcrfv-Xittsf

wbirc rlnber co.. Hcrry r. 11fi*ffy"."3333

w-iFon L-unbo-r-Co., A. f. ........Mvcdo 6_2t63

wu3o!, wE. tL .. .DUnkirL 2-3090

E-. 8.. lf,ood Lunber Co. .JEffcti"J Siii

Wood, Ecrl F. ..... ......AN.r;; 9-t4ai